King James Reference Version

Genesis 12

1 Now the LORD had said unto Abram, (Genesis 11:26; Joshua 24:2; 1 Chronicles 1:27) Get thee (Acts 7:3) out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will show thee:Acts 7:3

2 And I will make of thee a great nation, (Genesis 17:6; Genesis 18:18; Genesis 46:3; Deuteronomy 26:5; 1 Kings 3:8) 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 (Acts 3:25; Galatians 3:8) shall all families of the earth be blessed. (Genesis 18:18; Genesis 22:18)Acts 3:25

4 So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot (Genesis 11:27; Genesis 13:5; Genesis 14:12; Genesis 19:1; 2 Peter 2:7) 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. (Deuteronomy 11:30; Judges 7:1) And the Canaanite was then in the land.

7 And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto (Deuteronomy 34:4; Psalms 105:11) thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar (Genesis 13:4) 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 (Genesis 26:1) 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 (Genesis 26:7) 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 (Genesis 20:11) me, but they will save thee alive.

13 Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: (Genesis 20:2) 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, (Genesis 20:14) and oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and camels.

17 And the LORD plagued (Genesis 20:18; 1 Chronicles 16:21; Psalms 105:14) Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram's wife.

18 And Pharaoh called Abram and said, What (Genesis 20:9; Genesis 26:10) 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.