¹ And Jehovah said to^▵ Abram, Go from thy land, and from thy birth, and from the house of thy father, to^▵ the land that I will cause thee to see.

² And I will make thee into^◦ a great nation; and I will bless thee, and will make· thy name ·great; and be thou a blessing.

³ And I will bless those who bless thee, and will curse him who reviles thee; and in thee shall all the families of the ground be blessed.

⁴ And Abram went as^◦ Jehovah had spoken to^▵ him, and Lot went with him. And Abram was a son of five years and seventy years, when he went·​·out from Haran.

⁵ And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother’s son, and their every acquisition that they had acquired, and the soul that they had made^* in Haran; and they went·​·out to go to^▫ the land of Canaan; and they came to^▫ the land of Canaan.

⁶ And Abram passed·​·through into the land, even·​·to the place Shechem, even·​·to the oak·​·grove of Moreh; and the Canaanite was then^▵ in the land.

⁷ And Jehovah appeared to^▵ Abram, and said, To thy seed will I give this land. And there he built an altar to Jehovah, who appeared to^▵ him.

⁸ And he moved·​·away from there to^▫ the mountain on the east of^◦ Bethel, and stretched·​·out his tent; with Bethel toward the sea, and Ai on the east. And he built there an altar to Jehovah, and called on^◦ the name of Jehovah.

⁹ And Abram journeyed, going^◦ and journeying, toward the south.

¹⁰ And there was a famine in the land. And Abram went·​·down toward Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was heavy in the land.

¹¹ And it was, as^◦ he came·​·near to come unto^▫ Egypt, that he said to^▵ Sarai his wife, Behold, I pray^◦, I know that thou^◦ art a woman beautiful in appearance;

¹² and it shall be, that the Egyptians^◦ shall see thee, and they will say, This is his wife; and they will kill me, and will make· thee ·to·​·live.

¹³ Say, I pray^◦, thou^◦ art my sister; so·​·that it may be·​·well with me on^◦ account·​·of thee, and that my soul may live because·​·of thee.

¹⁴ And it was, as Abram came to^▫ Egypt, that the Egyptians^◦ saw the woman, that she^◦ was very beautiful.

¹⁵ And the princes of Pharaoh saw her, and praised her to^▵ Pharaoh; and the woman was taken to Pharaoh’s house.

¹⁶ And he did·​·well to Abram on^◦ account·​·of her; and he had^◦ flock and herd, and donkeys and menservants, and handmaids and she·​·donkeys, and camels.

¹⁷ And Jehovah plagued Pharaoh with great plagues, and his house, on·​·account·​·of the matter^* of Sarai, the wife of Abram.

¹⁸ And Pharaoh called to Abram, and said, What is this that thou hast done to me? why didst thou not tell me that she^◦ is thy wife?

¹⁹ Why saidst thou, She^◦ is my sister? and I might have taken her to me for a woman. And now, behold thy wife; take her, and go.

²⁰ And Pharaoh commanded the men^◦ concerning him; and they sent· him ·away, and his wife, and all that he had^◦.