Now the Lord had said to Abram,

“Get yourselves out of your country,

and from your kindred,

and from your father's house,

to a land that I will show you.

2 And I will make of you a great nation,

and I will bless you,

and make your name great;

and you will be a blessing.

3 And I will bless those that bless you,

and curse anyone that curses you;

and in you will all families of the earth be blessed.”

4 So Abram departed, as the Lord had spoken to him, and Lot went with him; and Abram was seventy and five (75) years old when he departed out of Haran. 5 And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their property and goods that they had gathered, and the persons 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.

6 And Abram passed through the land to the place of Sichem, to the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanites was then in the land. 7 And the Lord appeared to Abram, and said,

“To your seed I will give this land.”

And there he built an altar to the Lord, who appeared to him.

8 And he moved from there to a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east; and there he built an altar to the Lord, and called upon the name of the Lord.

9 And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south.

10 And there was a famine in the land; and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there, for the famine was grievous in the land. 11 And it came to pass, when he had come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, “Behold now, I know that you are a fair woman to look upon. 12 Therefore, it will come to pass, when the Egyptians will see you, that they will say, ‘This is his wife’; and they will kill me, but they will save you alive. 13 Say, I pray you, that you are my sister, that it may be well with me for your sake; and my soul will live because of you.”

14 And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair. 15 The princes of Pharaoh also saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh; and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house. 16 And he treated Abram well for her sake; and he had sheep, and oxen, and male donkeys, and menservants, and maidservants, and female donkeys, and camels.

17 And the Lord struck Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram's wife. 18 And Pharaoh called Abram and said, “What is this that you have done to me? Why did you not tell me that she was your wife? 19 Why did you say, ‘She is my sister’? So I might have taken her to me for a wife. Now, therefore, behold your wife; take her, and go your way. 20 And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him; and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had.

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Genesis 12

The King Version (KING)

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Notes:

1.   Property and goods vs. substance

2.   Persons vs. souls

3.   Moved vs. removed

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