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  12:1 ¶
And the Lord said to Abram, Go forth out of thy land and out of thy kindred, and out of the house of thy father, and come into the land which I will shew thee. |
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12:1 ¶
Now Yahwehº
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: |
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12:2
And I will make thee a great nation, and I will bless thee and magnify thy name, and thou shalt be blessed. |
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 |
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12:3
And I will bless those that bless thee, and curse those that curse thee, and in thee shall all the tribes 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 |
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12:4
And Abram went as the Lord spoke to him, and Lot departed with him, and Abram was seventy-five years old, when he went out of Haran{gr.Charrhan}. |
12:4
So Abramº
departed,ººº
asº
Yahwehº
had spokenºº
untoº
him; and Lotº
wentººº
withº
him: and Abramº
[was] seventyºº
and fiveº
yearsº
oldº
when he departedºº
out of Haran.ºº |
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12:5
And Abram took Sarai{gr.Sara} his wife, and Lot the son of his brother, and all their possessions, as many as they had got, and every soul which they had got in Haran{gr.Charrhan}, and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan{gr.Chanaan}. |
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 |
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12:6 ¶
And Abram traversed the land lengthwise as far as the place Shechem{gr.Sychem}, to the high oak, and the Canaanites{gr.Chananites} then inhabited 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 |
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12:7
And the Lord appeared to Abram, and said to him, I will give this land to thy seed. And Abram built an altar there to the Lord who appeared to him. |
12:7
And Yahwehº
appearedºº
untoº
Abram,º
and said,ºº
Unto thy seedº
will I giveººº
thisº
land:º
and thereº
buildedºº
he an altarº
unto Yahweh,º
who appearedºº
untoº
him. |
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12:8
And he departed thence to the mountain eastward of Bethel{gr.Baethel}, and there he pitched his tent in Bethel{gr.Baethel} near the sea, and Aggai toward the east, and there he built an altar to the Lord, and called on the name of the Lord. |
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 Yahweh,º
and calledºº
upon the nameº
of Yahweh.º |
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12:9
And Abram departed and went and encamped in the wilderness. |
12:9
And Abramº
journeyed,ºº
going onºº
stillºº
toward the south.º |
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12:10 ¶
And there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down to Mizraim{gr.Egypt} to sojourn there, because the famine prevailed 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 |
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12:11
And it came to pass when Abram drew nigh to enter into Mizraim{gr.Egypt}, Abram said to Sarai{gr.Sara} his wife, I know that thou art a fair woman. |
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 |
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12:12
It shall come to pass then that when the Mizraimites{gr.Egyptians} shall see thee, they shall say, This is his wife, and they shall slay me, but they shall 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 |
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12:13
Say, therefore, I am his sister, that it may be well with me on account of thee, and my soul shall 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 |
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12:14 ¶
And it came to pass when Abram entered into Mizraim{gr.Egypt}-- the Mizraimites{gr.Egyptians} having seen his wife that she was very beautiful-- |
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 |
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12:15
that the princes of Pharaoh{gr.Pharao} saw her, and praised her to Pharaoh{gr.Pharao} and brought her into the house of Pharaoh{gr.Pharao}. |
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 |
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12:16
And they treated Abram well on her account, and he had sheep, and calves, and asses, and men-servants, and women-servants, and mules, 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 |
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12:17
And God afflicted Pharaoh{gr.Pharao} with great and severe afflictions, and his house, because of Sarai{gr.Sara}, Abram's wife. |
12:17
And Yahwehº
plaguedººº
Pharaohº
and his houseº
with greatº
plaguesº
because ofºº
Saraiº
Abram'sº
wife.º |
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12:18
And Pharaoh{gr.Pharao} having called Abram, said, What is this thou hast done to me, that thou didst 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 |
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12:19
Wherefore didst thou say, She is my sister? and I took her for a wife to myself; and now, behold, thy wife is before thee, take her and go quickly away. |
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 |
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12:20
And Pharaoh{gr.Pharao} gave charge to men concerning Abram, to join in sending him forward, 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. |
