上帝呼召亚伯兰

12 耶和华对亚伯兰说:“你要离开家乡、亲族和父亲的家,到我要指示你的地方去。 我必使你成为大国,我必赐福给你,使你声名远播。你必成为别人的祝福。 我必赐福给那些祝福你的人,咒诅那些咒诅你的人。世上万族必因你而蒙福。”

亚伯兰就照耶和华的吩咐离开哈兰,侄儿罗得与他同行。那时亚伯兰七十五岁。 亚伯兰带着妻子撒莱、侄儿罗得以及在哈兰积攒的财物和所得的奴仆启程来到迦南。到了迦南以后, 亚伯兰继续前行,来到示剑的摩利橡树[a]那里。当时迦南人住在那地方。 耶和华向亚伯兰显现,对他说:“我要把这片土地赐给你的后裔。”亚伯兰就在那里为向他显现的耶和华筑了一座坛。 然后,他们又启程前往伯特利东面的山区,在那里搭起帐篷。他们的西面是伯特利,东面是艾。亚伯兰又在那里筑了一座坛,求告耶和华。 之后,亚伯兰继续前往南地。

亚伯兰逃荒到埃及

10 当时,那地方闹饥荒,灾情非常严重,亚伯兰便下到埃及暂住。 11 快要到埃及的时候,他对妻子撒莱说:“我知道你是个美貌的女子, 12 埃及人看见你,一定会因为你是我的妻子而杀了我,让你活着。 13 所以,请你说你是我的妹妹,这样他们会因为你而善待我,留我一命。” 14 亚伯兰一行到了埃及,撒莱的美貌引起了埃及人的注意。 15 法老的官员见了撒莱,就在法老面前称赞她的美貌,她便被带进法老的王宫。 16 因为撒莱的缘故,法老厚待亚伯兰,赏给他许多牛、羊、驴、骆驼和仆婢。

17 耶和华因亚伯兰妻子撒莱的缘故使法老和他全家患重病。 18 法老便召见亚伯兰,说:“你做的是什么事?为什么不告诉我她是你妻子? 19 为什么说她是你妹妹,以致我娶她为妻呢?现在你妻子在这里,带她走吧!” 20 法老就吩咐人把亚伯兰、他妻子以及他所有的一切都送走了。

Footnotes

  1. 12:6 橡树”希伯来文是“大树”,也可能指灵树或圣树,下同13:1814:1318:135:435:8

亞伯蘭蒙 神呼召

12 耶和華對亞伯蘭說:

“你要離開本地、本族、父家,

到我指示你的地方去。

我必使你成為大國,

賜福給你,

使你的名為大,

你也必使別人得福,

給你祝福的,我必賜福給他;

咒詛你的,我必咒詛他;

地上的萬族,都必因你得福。”

亞伯蘭就照著耶和華吩咐他的去了;羅得也和他同去。亞伯蘭離開哈蘭的時候,已經七十五歲。 亞伯蘭帶著他的妻子撒萊和姪兒羅得以及他們在哈蘭所積蓄的一切財物,和所獲得的人口,一同出來,要到迦南地去。後來他們到了迦南地。 亞伯蘭穿過那地,到了示劍的地方,摩利的橡樹那裡。當時,迦南人住在那地。 耶和華向亞伯蘭顯現,說:“我要把這地賜給你的後裔。”亞伯蘭就在那裡為向他顯現的耶和華築了一座祭壇。 後來他從那裡遷到伯特利東邊的山地,搭起帳棚。西邊是伯特利,東邊是艾城;他在那裡也為耶和華築了一座祭壇,呼求耶和華的名。 亞伯蘭又起程,漸漸移到南地去。

亞伯蘭下埃及

10 當時,那地發生饑荒,亞伯蘭就下到埃及去,要在那裡寄居;因為那地的饑荒十分嚴重。 11 快要到達埃及的時候,亞伯蘭對他的妻子撒萊說:“看哪,我知道你是個美貌的女人。 12 埃及人看見你的時候,必會說:‘這是他的妻子’,他們就會殺我,卻叫你活著。 13 請你說你是我的妹妹,使我因你的緣故可以平安無事,我的性命也可以因你的緣故得以保全。” 14 果然,亞伯蘭進入埃及的時候,埃及人就注視那女人,因為她十分美麗。 15 法老的一些大臣看見了撒萊,就在法老面前稱讚她;於是那女人被帶進法老的宮裡去。 16 亞伯蘭因這女人的緣故就被優待,得了許多牛羊、公驢、母驢、僕婢和駱駝。 17 耶和華因為亞伯蘭的妻子撒萊的緣故,就用嚴重的災病打擊法老和他的全家。 18 於是,法老把亞伯蘭召了來,對他說:“你向我作的是甚麼?你為甚麼不告訴我她是你的妻子呢? 19 你為甚麼說她是你的妹妹,以致我娶了她作妻子呢?現在,你的妻子在這裡,帶她走吧!” 20 法老為了亞伯蘭的事吩咐臣僕,他們就把亞伯蘭和他的妻子,以及他所有的一切都送走了。

The Call of Abram

12 And Yahweh said to Abram, “Go out from your land and from your relatives, and from the house of your father, to the land that I will show you. And I will make you a great nation, and I will bless you, and I will make your name great. And you will be a blessing. And I will bless those who bless you, and those who curse you I will curse. And all families of the earth will be blessed in you.”

Abram’s Journey

And Abram went out as Yahweh had told him, and Lot went with him. Now Abram was seventy-five years old[a] when he went out from Haran. And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his nephew,[b] and all their possessions that they had gathered, and all the persons that they had acquired in Haran, and they went out to go to the land of Canaan. And they went to the land of Canaan. And Abram traveled through the land up to the place of Shechem, to the Oak of Moreh. Now the Canaanites were in the land at that time. And Yahweh appeared to Abram and said, “To your offspring I will give this land.” And he built an altar there to Yahweh, who had appeared to him. And he moved on from there to the hill country, east of Bethel. And he pitched his tent at Bethel on the west, and at Ai on the east. And he built an altar there to Yahweh. And he called on the name of Yahweh. And Abram kept moving on,[c] toward the Negev. 10 And there was a famine in the land. And Abram went down to Egypt to dwell as an alien there, for the famine was severe in the land. 11 And it happened that as he drew near to enter into Egypt, he said to Sarai his wife, “Look now, I know that you are a woman beautiful of appearance, 12 and it shall happen that, if the Egyptians see you, then they will say, ‘This is his wife,’ then they will kill me but let you live. 13 Please say you are my sister so that it will go well for me on your account. Then I will live[d] on account of you.” 14 And it happened that as Abram came into Egypt, the Egyptians saw the woman, that she was very beautiful. 15 And the officials of Pharaoh saw her, and they praised her beauty to Pharaoh. And the woman was taken to the house of Pharaoh. 16 And he dealt well with Abram on account of her, and he had sheep, cattle, male donkeys, male servants, female servants, female donkeys, and camels. 17 Then[e] Yahweh afflicted Pharaoh and his household with severe plagues on account of the matter of Sarai the wife of Abram. 18 Then Pharaoh called for Abram and said, “What is this you have done to me? Why did you not tell me that she was your wife? 19 Why did you say ‘She is my sister,’ so that I took her to myself as a wife? Now then, here is your wife. Take her and go.” 20 And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him, and then sent him and his wife and all that was with him away.

Footnotes

  1. Genesis 12:4 Literally “the son of five years and seventy years”
  2. Genesis 12:5 Literally “the son of his brother”
  3. Genesis 12:9 Literally “And Abram moved on, going and moving on”
  4. Genesis 12:13 Literally “And my soul will live”
  5. Genesis 12:17 Or “And”

The Call of Abram

12 The Lord had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household(A) to the land(B) I will show you.(C)

“I will make you into a great nation,(D)
    and I will bless you;(E)
I will make your name great,
    and you will be a blessing.[a](F)
I will bless those who bless you,
    and whoever curses you I will curse;(G)
and all peoples on earth
    will be blessed through you.(H)[b]

So Abram went, as the Lord had told him; and Lot(I) went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old(J) when he set out from Harran.(K) He took his wife Sarai,(L) his nephew Lot, all the possessions they had accumulated(M) and the people(N) they had acquired in Harran, and they set out for the land of Canaan,(O) and they arrived there.

Abram traveled through the land(P) as far as the site of the great tree of Moreh(Q) at Shechem.(R) At that time the Canaanites(S) were in the land. The Lord appeared to Abram(T) and said, “To your offspring[c] I will give this land.(U)(V) So he built an altar there to the Lord,(W) who had appeared to him.

From there he went on toward the hills east of Bethel(X) and pitched his tent,(Y) with Bethel on the west and Ai(Z) on the east. There he built an altar to the Lord and called on the name of the Lord.(AA)

Then Abram set out and continued toward the Negev.(AB)

Abram in Egypt(AC)

10 Now there was a famine in the land,(AD) and Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe.(AE) 11 As he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai,(AF) “I know what a beautiful woman(AG) you are. 12 When the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife.’ Then they will kill me but will let you live. 13 Say you are my sister,(AH) so that I will be treated well for your sake and my life will be spared because of you.”

14 When Abram came to Egypt, the Egyptians saw that Sarai was a very beautiful woman.(AI) 15 And when Pharaoh’s officials saw her, they praised her to Pharaoh, and she was taken into his palace. 16 He treated Abram well for her sake, and Abram acquired sheep and cattle, male and female donkeys, male and female servants, and camels.(AJ)

17 But the Lord inflicted(AK) serious diseases on Pharaoh and his household(AL) because of Abram’s wife Sarai. 18 So Pharaoh summoned Abram. “What have you done to me?”(AM) he said. “Why didn’t you tell me she was your wife?(AN) 19 Why did you say, ‘She is my sister,’(AO) so that I took her to be my wife? Now then, here is your wife. Take her and go!” 20 Then Pharaoh gave orders about Abram to his men, and they sent him on his way, with his wife and everything he had.

Footnotes

  1. Genesis 12:2 Or be seen as blessed
  2. Genesis 12:3 Or earth / will use your name in blessings (see 48:20)
  3. Genesis 12:7 Or seed

上帝呼召亚伯兰

12 耶和华对亚伯兰说:“你要离开家乡、亲族和父亲的家,到我要指示你的地方去。 我必使你成为大国,我必赐福给你,使你声名远播。你必成为别人的祝福。 我必赐福给那些祝福你的人,咒诅那些咒诅你的人。世上万族必因你而蒙福。”

亚伯兰就照耶和华的吩咐离开哈兰,侄儿罗得与他同行。那时亚伯兰七十五岁。 亚伯兰带着妻子撒莱、侄儿罗得以及在哈兰积攒的财物和所得的奴仆启程来到迦南。到了迦南以后, 亚伯兰继续前行,来到示剑的摩利橡树[a]那里。当时迦南人住在那地方。 耶和华向亚伯兰显现,对他说:“我要把这片土地赐给你的后裔。”亚伯兰就在那里为向他显现的耶和华筑了一座坛。 然后,他们又启程前往伯特利东面的山区,在那里搭起帐篷。他们的西面是伯特利,东面是艾。亚伯兰又在那里筑了一座坛,求告耶和华。 之后,亚伯兰继续前往南地。

亚伯兰逃荒到埃及

10 当时,那地方闹饥荒,灾情非常严重,亚伯兰便下到埃及暂住。 11 快要到埃及的时候,他对妻子撒莱说:“我知道你是个美貌的女子, 12 埃及人看见你,一定会因为你是我的妻子而杀了我,让你活着。 13 所以,请你说你是我的妹妹,这样他们会因为你而善待我,留我一命。” 14 亚伯兰一行到了埃及,撒莱的美貌引起了埃及人的注意。 15 法老的官员见了撒莱,就在法老面前称赞她的美貌,她便被带进法老的王宫。 16 因为撒莱的缘故,法老厚待亚伯兰,赏给他许多牛、羊、驴、骆驼和仆婢。

17 耶和华因亚伯兰妻子撒莱的缘故使法老和他全家患重病。 18 法老便召见亚伯兰,说:“你做的是什么事?为什么不告诉我她是你妻子? 19 为什么说她是你妹妹,以致我娶她为妻呢?现在你妻子在这里,带她走吧!” 20 法老就吩咐人把亚伯兰、他妻子以及他所有的一切都送走了。

Footnotes

  1. 12:6 橡树”希伯来文是“大树”,也可能指灵树或圣树,下同13:1814:1318:135:435:8

亞伯蘭蒙 神呼召

12 耶和華對亞伯蘭說:

“你要離開本地、本族、父家,

到我指示你的地方去。

我必使你成為大國,

賜福給你,

使你的名為大,

你也必使別人得福,

給你祝福的,我必賜福給他;

咒詛你的,我必咒詛他;

地上的萬族,都必因你得福。”

亞伯蘭就照著耶和華吩咐他的去了;羅得也和他同去。亞伯蘭離開哈蘭的時候,已經七十五歲。 亞伯蘭帶著他的妻子撒萊和姪兒羅得以及他們在哈蘭所積蓄的一切財物,和所獲得的人口,一同出來,要到迦南地去。後來他們到了迦南地。 亞伯蘭穿過那地,到了示劍的地方,摩利的橡樹那裡。當時,迦南人住在那地。 耶和華向亞伯蘭顯現,說:“我要把這地賜給你的後裔。”亞伯蘭就在那裡為向他顯現的耶和華築了一座祭壇。 後來他從那裡遷到伯特利東邊的山地,搭起帳棚。西邊是伯特利,東邊是艾城;他在那裡也為耶和華築了一座祭壇,呼求耶和華的名。 亞伯蘭又起程,漸漸移到南地去。

亞伯蘭下埃及

10 當時,那地發生饑荒,亞伯蘭就下到埃及去,要在那裡寄居;因為那地的饑荒十分嚴重。 11 快要到達埃及的時候,亞伯蘭對他的妻子撒萊說:“看哪,我知道你是個美貌的女人。 12 埃及人看見你的時候,必會說:‘這是他的妻子’,他們就會殺我,卻叫你活著。 13 請你說你是我的妹妹,使我因你的緣故可以平安無事,我的性命也可以因你的緣故得以保全。” 14 果然,亞伯蘭進入埃及的時候,埃及人就注視那女人,因為她十分美麗。 15 法老的一些大臣看見了撒萊,就在法老面前稱讚她;於是那女人被帶進法老的宮裡去。 16 亞伯蘭因這女人的緣故就被優待,得了許多牛羊、公驢、母驢、僕婢和駱駝。 17 耶和華因為亞伯蘭的妻子撒萊的緣故,就用嚴重的災病打擊法老和他的全家。 18 於是,法老把亞伯蘭召了來,對他說:“你向我作的是甚麼?你為甚麼不告訴我她是你的妻子呢? 19 你為甚麼說她是你的妹妹,以致我娶了她作妻子呢?現在,你的妻子在這裡,帶她走吧!” 20 法老為了亞伯蘭的事吩咐臣僕,他們就把亞伯蘭和他的妻子,以及他所有的一切都送走了。

The Call of Abram

12 And Yahweh said to Abram, “Go out from your land and from your relatives, and from the house of your father, to the land that I will show you. And I will make you a great nation, and I will bless you, and I will make your name great. And you will be a blessing. And I will bless those who bless you, and those who curse you I will curse. And all families of the earth will be blessed in you.”

Abram’s Journey

And Abram went out as Yahweh had told him, and Lot went with him. Now Abram was seventy-five years old[a] when he went out from Haran. And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his nephew,[b] and all their possessions that they had gathered, and all the persons that they had acquired in Haran, and they went out to go to the land of Canaan. And they went to the land of Canaan. And Abram traveled through the land up to the place of Shechem, to the Oak of Moreh. Now the Canaanites were in the land at that time. And Yahweh appeared to Abram and said, “To your offspring I will give this land.” And he built an altar there to Yahweh, who had appeared to him. And he moved on from there to the hill country, east of Bethel. And he pitched his tent at Bethel on the west, and at Ai on the east. And he built an altar there to Yahweh. And he called on the name of Yahweh. And Abram kept moving on,[c] toward the Negev. 10 And there was a famine in the land. And Abram went down to Egypt to dwell as an alien there, for the famine was severe in the land. 11 And it happened that as he drew near to enter into Egypt, he said to Sarai his wife, “Look now, I know that you are a woman beautiful of appearance, 12 and it shall happen that, if the Egyptians see you, then they will say, ‘This is his wife,’ then they will kill me but let you live. 13 Please say you are my sister so that it will go well for me on your account. Then I will live[d] on account of you.” 14 And it happened that as Abram came into Egypt, the Egyptians saw the woman, that she was very beautiful. 15 And the officials of Pharaoh saw her, and they praised her beauty to Pharaoh. And the woman was taken to the house of Pharaoh. 16 And he dealt well with Abram on account of her, and he had sheep, cattle, male donkeys, male servants, female servants, female donkeys, and camels. 17 Then[e] Yahweh afflicted Pharaoh and his household with severe plagues on account of the matter of Sarai the wife of Abram. 18 Then Pharaoh called for Abram and said, “What is this you have done to me? Why did you not tell me that she was your wife? 19 Why did you say ‘She is my sister,’ so that I took her to myself as a wife? Now then, here is your wife. Take her and go.” 20 And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him, and then sent him and his wife and all that was with him away.

Footnotes

  1. Genesis 12:4 Literally “the son of five years and seventy years”
  2. Genesis 12:5 Literally “the son of his brother”
  3. Genesis 12:9 Literally “And Abram moved on, going and moving on”
  4. Genesis 12:13 Literally “And my soul will live”
  5. Genesis 12:17 Or “And”

The Call of Abram

12 The Lord had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household(A) to the land(B) I will show you.(C)

“I will make you into a great nation,(D)
    and I will bless you;(E)
I will make your name great,
    and you will be a blessing.[a](F)
I will bless those who bless you,
    and whoever curses you I will curse;(G)
and all peoples on earth
    will be blessed through you.(H)[b]

So Abram went, as the Lord had told him; and Lot(I) went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old(J) when he set out from Harran.(K) He took his wife Sarai,(L) his nephew Lot, all the possessions they had accumulated(M) and the people(N) they had acquired in Harran, and they set out for the land of Canaan,(O) and they arrived there.

Abram traveled through the land(P) as far as the site of the great tree of Moreh(Q) at Shechem.(R) At that time the Canaanites(S) were in the land. The Lord appeared to Abram(T) and said, “To your offspring[c] I will give this land.(U)(V) So he built an altar there to the Lord,(W) who had appeared to him.

From there he went on toward the hills east of Bethel(X) and pitched his tent,(Y) with Bethel on the west and Ai(Z) on the east. There he built an altar to the Lord and called on the name of the Lord.(AA)

Then Abram set out and continued toward the Negev.(AB)

Abram in Egypt(AC)

10 Now there was a famine in the land,(AD) and Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe.(AE) 11 As he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai,(AF) “I know what a beautiful woman(AG) you are. 12 When the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife.’ Then they will kill me but will let you live. 13 Say you are my sister,(AH) so that I will be treated well for your sake and my life will be spared because of you.”

14 When Abram came to Egypt, the Egyptians saw that Sarai was a very beautiful woman.(AI) 15 And when Pharaoh’s officials saw her, they praised her to Pharaoh, and she was taken into his palace. 16 He treated Abram well for her sake, and Abram acquired sheep and cattle, male and female donkeys, male and female servants, and camels.(AJ)

17 But the Lord inflicted(AK) serious diseases on Pharaoh and his household(AL) because of Abram’s wife Sarai. 18 So Pharaoh summoned Abram. “What have you done to me?”(AM) he said. “Why didn’t you tell me she was your wife?(AN) 19 Why did you say, ‘She is my sister,’(AO) so that I took her to be my wife? Now then, here is your wife. Take her and go!” 20 Then Pharaoh gave orders about Abram to his men, and they sent him on his way, with his wife and everything he had.

Footnotes

  1. Genesis 12:2 Or be seen as blessed
  2. Genesis 12:3 Or earth / will use your name in blessings (see 48:20)
  3. Genesis 12:7 Or seed