#### Genesis 12

Verses : {1} {2} {3} {4} {5} {6} {7} {8} {9} {10} {11} {12} {13} {14} {15} {16} {17} {18} {19} {20}

^ Ge 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:
^ Ge 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:
^ Ge 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.
^ Ge 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.
^ Ge 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.
^ Ge 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.
^ Ge 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.
^ Ge 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.
^ Ge 12.9: And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south.
^ Ge 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.
^ Ge 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:
^ Ge 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.
^ Ge 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.
^ Ge 12.14: And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she [was] very fair.
^ Ge 12.15: The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.
^ Ge 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.
^ Ge 12.17: And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram's wife.
^ Ge 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?
^ Ge 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.
^ Ge 12.20: And Pharaoh commanded [his] men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had.