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 12:1 ¶ Now Jehovah said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto the land that I will show thee:

 12:1 ¶ Now the LORDº had saidºº untoº Abram,º Get thee outººº of thy country,ºº and from thy kindred,ºº and from thy father'sº house,ººº untoº a landº thatº I will shewºº thee:

 12:2 and I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make they name great; and be thou a blessing;

 12:2 And I will makeº of theeºº a greatº nation,º and I will blessºº thee, and makeºº thy nameº great;ººº and thou shalt beº a blessing:º

 12:3 and I will bless them that bless thee, and him that curseth thee will I curse: and in thee shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

 12:3 And I will blessºº them that blessºº thee, and curseºº him that cursethºº thee: and in thee shall allº familiesº of the earthº be blessed.ºº

 12:4 So Abram went, as Jehovah had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.

 12:4 So Abramº departed,ººº asº the LORDº had spokenºº untoº him; and Lotº wentººº withº him: and Abramº [was] seventyºº and fiveº yearsº oldº when he departedºº out of Haran.ºº

 12:5 And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.

 12:5 And Abramº tookººº Saraiº his wife,º and Lotº his brother'sº son,º and allº their substanceº thatº they had gathered,ºº and the soulsº thatº they had gottenºº in Haran;º and they went forthºº to goººº into the landº of Canaan;º and into the landº of Canaanº they came.ºº

 12:6 ¶ And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Shechem, unto the oak of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.

 12:6 ¶ And Abramº passed throughºº the landº untoº the placeº of Sichem,º untoº the plainº of Moreh.º And the Canaaniteº [was] thenº in the land.º

 12:7 And Jehovah appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto Jehovah, who appeared unto him.

 12:7 And the LORDº appearedºº untoº Abram,º and said,ºº Unto thy seedº will I giveººº thisº land:º and thereº buildedºº he an altarº unto the LORD,º who appearedºº untoº him.

 12:8 And he removed from thence unto the mountain on the east of Beth-el, and pitched his tent, having Beth-el on the west, and Ai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto Jehovah, and called upon the name of Jehovah.

 12:8 And he removedºº from thenceºº unto a mountainº on the eastºº of Bethel,º and pitchedºº his tent,º [having] Bethelº on the west,ºº and Haiº on the east:ºº and thereº he buildedºº an altarº unto the LORD,º and calledºº upon the nameº of the LORD.º

 12:9 And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the South.

 12:9 And Abramº journeyed,ºº going onºº stillºº toward the south.º

 12:10 ¶ And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was sore in the land.

 12:10 ¶ And there wasº a famineº in the land:º and Abramº went downºº into Egyptº to sojournºº there;º forº the famineº [was] grievousº in the land.º

 12:11 And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon:

 12:11 And it came to pass,º whenº he was come nearºº to enterºº into Egypt,º that he saidºº untoº Saraiº his wife,º Beholdº now,º I knowºº thatº thouº [art] a fairº womanº to look upon:º

 12:12 and it will come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they will say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive.

 12:12 Therefore it shall come to pass,º whenº the Egyptiansº shall seeºº thee, that they shall say,ºº Thisº [is] his wife:º and they will killºº me, but they will save thee alive.ºº

 12:13 Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister; that it may be well with me for thy sake, and that my soul may live because of thee.

 12:13 Say,ºº I pray thee,º thouº [art] my sister:º thatº it may be wellºº with me for thy sake;º and my soulº shall liveºº because ofº thee.º

 12:14 ¶ And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair.

 12:14 ¶ And it came to pass,º that, when Abramº was comeºº into Egypt,º the Egyptiansº beheldººº the womanº thatº sheº [was] veryº fair.º

 12:15 And the princes of Pharaoh saw her, and praised her to Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.

 12:15 The princesº also of Pharaohº sawºº her, and commendedºº her beforeº Pharaoh:º and the womanº was takenºº into Pharaoh'sº house.º

 12:16 And he dealt well with Abram for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he-asses, and men-servants, and maid-servants, and she-asses, and camels.

 12:16 And he entreatedºº Abramº wellººº for her sake:º and he hadº sheep,º and oxen,º and he asses,º and menservants,º and maidservants,º and she asses,º and camels.º

 12:17 And Jehovah plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram's wife.

 12:17 And the LORDº plaguedººº Pharaohº and his houseº with greatº plaguesº because ofºº Saraiº Abram'sº wife.º

 12:18 And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this that thou hast done unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife?

 12:18 And Pharaohº calledºº Abram,º and said,ºº Whatº [is] thisº [that] thou hast doneºº unto me? whyº didst thou notº tellºº me thatº sheº [was] thy wife?º

 12:19 why saidst thou, She is my sister, so that I took her to be my wife? now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way.

 12:19 Whyº saidstº thou,ºº Sheº [is] my sister?º so I might have takenºº her to me to wife:º now thereforeº beholdº thy wife,º takeºº [her], and go thy way.ººº

 12:20 And Pharaoh gave men charge concerning him: and they brought him on the way, and his wife, and all that he had.

 12:20 And Pharaohº commandedºº [his] menºº concerningº him: and they sent him away,ººº and his wife,º and allº thatº he had.