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Chapter 12
(Genesis 12 KJV) "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 show thee: {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: {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. {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. {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. {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. {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. {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. {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 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} 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. {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. {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
also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman
was taken into Pharaoh's house. {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. {17} And the LORD plagued
Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram's wife.
{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? {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. {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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