Genesis12

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(Gen 12:1) Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee:
(Gen 12:2) And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
(Gen 12:3) And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
(Gen 12:4) So Abram departed, as the Lord had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram {was} seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.
(Gen 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.
(Gen 12:6) And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite {was} then in the land.
(Gen 12:7) And the Lord appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the Lord, who appeared unto him.
(Gen 12:8) And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, {having} Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the Lord, and called upon the name of the Lord.
(Gen 12:9) And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south.
(Gen 12:10) 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.
(Gen 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:
(Gen 12:12) Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This {is} his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive.
(Gen 12:13) Say, I pray thee, thou {art} my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee.
(Gen 12:14) And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she {was} very fair.
(Gen 12:15) The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.
(Gen 12:16) And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and camels.
(Gen 12:17) And the Lord plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram's wife.
(Gen 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?
(Gen 12:19) Why saidst thou, She {is} my sister? so I might have taken her to me to wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take {her}, and go thy way.
(Gen 12:20) And Pharaoh commanded {his} men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had.
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