Bible (King James)/Genesis/Chapter 12

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CHAP. XII.
1 God calleth Abram, and bleſſeth him with a promiſe of Chriſt. 4 He with Lot departeth from Haran. 6 He journeyeth through Canaan, which is promiſed him in a viſion. 10 He is driven by a famine into Egypt, where fear maketh him feign his wife to be his ſiſter. 14 Pharaoh taketh her into his houſe, but by plagues is compelled to reſtore her; and ſendeth Abram away.

Now the [1] 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:

2 [2] And I will make of thee a great nation, [3] and I will bleſs thee, and make thy name great; [4] and thou ſhalt be a bleſſing:

3 [5] And I will bleſs them that bleſs thee, and curſe him that curſeth thee: [6] 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 [7] the ſouls that they had gotten [8] in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.

6 ¶ And Abram [9] paſſed through the land unto the place of Sichem, [10] unto the plain of Moreh. [11] And the Canaanite was then in the land.

7 [12] And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and ſaid, [13] Unto thy ſeed will I give this land: and there builded he an [14] altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him.

8 And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the eaſt of Beth-el, and pitched his tent, having Beth-el on the weſt, and Hai on the eaſt: and there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and [15] called upon the name of the LORD.

9 And Abram journeyed, †† Heb. in going and journeying. [16] going on ſtill toward the ſouth.

10 ¶ And there was [17] a famine in the land: and Abram [18] went down into Egypt to ſojourn there; for the famine was [19] 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 [20] 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 [21] will kill me, but they will ſave thee alive.

13 [22] 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.

14cir. 1920. ¶ And it came to paſs, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians [23] 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 [24] taken into Pharaoh's houſe.

16 And he [25] 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 [26] plagued Pharaoh and his houſe with great plagues becauſe of Sarai Abram's wife.

18 And Pharaoh called Abram, and ſaid, [27] 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 [28] And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they ſent him away, and his wife, and all that he had.

  1. ↑ ch. 15. 7.
    Neh. 9. 7.
    Iſ. 41. 2.
    Acts 7. 3.
    Hebr. 11. 8.
  2. ↑ ch. 17. 6. & 18. 18.
    Deut. 26. 5.
    1 Kings 3. 8.
  3. ↑ ch. 24. 35.
  4. ↑ ch. 28. 4.
    Gal. 3. 14.
  5. ↑ ch. 27. 29.
    Exod. 23. 22.
    Num. 24. 9.
  6. ↑ ch. 18. 18. & 22. 18. & 26. 4.
    Pſ. 72. 17.
    Acts 3. 25.
    Gal. 3. 8.
  7. ↑ ch. 14. 14.
  8. ↑ ch. 11. 31.
  9. ↑ Heb. 11. 9.
  10. ↑ Deut. 11. 30.
    Judg. 7. 1.
  11. ↑ ch. 10. 18, 19. & 13. 7.
  12. ↑ ch. 17. 1.
  13. ↑ ch. 13. 15. & 17. 8.
    Pſ. 105. 9, 11.
  14. ↑ ch. 13. 4.
  15. ↑ ch. 13. 4.
  16. ↑ ch. 13. 3.
  17. ↑ ch. 26. 1.
  18. ↑ Pſ. 105. 13.
  19. ↑ ch. 43. 1.
  20. ↑ ver. 14.
    ch. 26. 7.
  21. ↑ ch. 20. 11. & 26. 7.
  22. ↑ ch. 20. 5, 13.
    See ch. 26. 7.
  23. ↑ ch. 39. 7.
    Matt. 5. 28.
  24. ↑ ch. 20. 2.
  25. ↑ ch. 20. 14.
  26. ↑ ch. 20. 18.
    1 Chron. 16. 21.
    Pſ. 105. 14.
    Heb. 13. 4.
  27. ↑ ch. 20. 9. & 26. 10.
  28. ↑ Prov. 21. 1.
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