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Genesis 12
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Genesis 12
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Abram wordt door God geroepen
12 Toen zei de Heer tegen Abram: "Vertrek uit je land. Verlaat je familie en het huis van je vader. Ga naar het land dat Ik je zal wijzen. 2 Ik zal een groot volk van je maken. Ik zal je zegenen en je naam zal overal bekend worden. En je zal tot een zegen zijn. 3 Als mensen jou goed behandelen, zal Ik goed voor hén zijn. En als mensen jou slecht behandelen, zal Ik slecht voor hén zijn. En door de zegen die op jou is, zullen alle volken van de aarde gezegend worden."
4 Toen vertrok Abram, zoals de Heer tegen hem had gezegd. Zijn neef Lot ging met hem mee. Abram was 75 jaar toen hij uit Haran wegging. 5 Hij vertrok met zijn vrouw Saraï en Lot, de zoon van zijn broer, en met alles wat zij bezaten, al hun vee, en alle slaven die ze in Haran gekocht hadden. Ze trokken naar het land Kanaän. 6 Toen ze daar aankwamen, trok Abram verder door het land tot aan de plaats Sichem, bij de eikenbomen van Moré. In die tijd woonden de Kanaänieten in dat land.
7 Toen kwam de Heer bij Abram en zei: "Ik ga dit land later aan jouw familie geven." Abram bouwde een altaar voor de Heer op de plaats waar Hij naar hem toe gekomen was. 8 Toen brak hij zijn tenten af en trok in zuidelijke richting naar de bergen aan de oostkant van Bet-El. Daar zette hij zijn tenten weer op, tussen Bet-El in het westen en Ai in het oosten. Hij bouwde er een altaar voor de Heer en aanbad daar de Heer. 9 Van daar trok Abram steeds verder naar het zuiden.
Abram in Egypte
10 Toen kwam er hongersnood in Kanaän. Daarom trok Abram naar Egypte. Daar wilde hij blijven wonen zolang er in Kanaän hongersnood was. Want het was een heel zware hongersnood. 11 Toen hij bij de grens van Egypte kwam, zei hij tegen zijn vrouw Saraï: "Je bent een mooie vrouw. 12 Als de Egyptenaren je zien, zullen ze mij vermoorden om met jou te kunnen trouwen. Ze zullen me doden omdat je mijn vrouw bent. 13 Zeg daarom dat je mijn zus bent. Dan zullen ze me goed behandelen en me in leven laten." 14 Toen Abram Egypte binnentrok, zagen de Egyptenaren dat Saraï een heel mooie vrouw was. 15 De dienaren van de farao vertelden hem over haar. Daarom liet de farao Saraï naar zijn paleis brengen. 16 En hij was goed voor Abram, omdat hij met Saraï wilde trouwen. Hij gaf hem schapen, koeien, ezels, slaven, slavinnen, vrouwtjes-ezels en kamelen.[a]
17 Maar de Heer strafte de farao en iedereen in zijn paleis met allerlei ziekten, omdat hij Saraï, de vrouw van Abram, bij zich in huis had gehaald. 18 Toen riep de farao Abram en zei: "Waarom heb je dit gedaan? Waarom heb je me niet verteld dat ze je vrouw is? 19 Waarom heb je gezegd dat ze je zus is? Ik was bijna met haar getrouwd! Hier is je vrouw weer. Neem haar mee en verdwijn!" 20 En de farao gaf zijn mannen het bevel om Abram met zijn vrouw en met alles wat hij had, het land uit te zetten.
Footnotes
- Genesis 12:16 Die gaf hij aan Abram als bruidsprijs.
Genesis 12
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Genesis 12
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Abram leaves Haran
12 The Lord had said to Abram, ‘Leave your country and the people of your father's family. Go to the land that I will show you.[a]
2 I will cause your descendants to become a great nation. I will bless you. Everyone will know your name. You will bring my blessing to other people. 3 I will bless those people who bless you. But I will curse anyone who insults you. Through you, I will bless all the families of people on the earth.’[b]
4 Abram did what the Lord had told him. He left Haran. Abram was 75 years old when he left Haran. Lot went with him. 5 Abram took his wife Sarai, and his nephew Lot. He took everything that belonged to them. He also took the people that worked for them in Haran. They all left to go to the land of Canaan.
When they arrived in Canaan, 6 Abram walked through the land. He went as far as Shechem, to the special oak tree of Moreh. At that time, Canaanites lived in this land. 7 The Lord appeared to Abram there. He said, ‘I will give this land to your descendants.’ So Abram built an altar in that place to worship the Lord.[c] He did that because the Lord had appeared to him.
8 Then Abram left Shechem. He went to the hills that are on the east of Bethel. He put up his tent in that place. Bethel was towards the west, and Ai was towards the east. Abram also built an altar there to worship the Lord.
9 Then Abram took his tent and he left that place. He continued to travel towards the Negev.[d]
Abram and Sarai in Egypt
10 There was a famine in the land of Canaan. So Abram went to live in Egypt for some time, because the famine was very bad.[e]
11 When Abram came near to Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, ‘Listen to me. I know that you are a very beautiful woman. 12 When the Egyptians see you they will say, “This is Abram's wife.” Then they will kill me, but they will let you live.[f] 13 So tell them that you are my sister. Then they will do good things to me, because they want to please you. They will not kill me because they will think that you are my sister.’
14 When Abram arrived in Egypt, the people saw that Sarai was a very beautiful woman. 15 The king's officers saw her. They told Pharaoh that she was very beautiful. They took her to the king's palace.[g]
16 Pharaoh did good things to help Abram because of Sarai. He gave Abram sheep, cows, donkeys and camels. He also gave Abram male servants and female servants.
17 But the Lord made Pharaoh and the people in his palace very ill. The Lord did this because the king had taken Abram's wife Sarai. 18 So Pharaoh called Abram to come to him. Pharaoh said, ‘You have done this bad thing to me! You did not tell me that Sarai is your wife! Why not? 19 You told me “She is my sister”. As a result, I took her to be my wife. Now, here is your wife. Take her and go away!’
20 Pharaoh told his officers what to do with Abram. They sent Abram away, with his wife and everything that belonged to them.
Footnotes
- 12:1 The Lord had said this to Abram when he lived in Ur, among the Chaldeans. See Joshua 24:2.
- 12:3 Jesus Christ is a descendant of Abram. Through Jesus, God blesses all the nations and families of people on the earth.
- 12:7 The Canaanites did not worship God. The oak tree of Moreh was a place where the Canaanites worshipped false gods. Abram built an altar to worship God. The Canaanites would see that Abram worshipped the Lord. But Abram was not afraid. He knew that this place belonged to God.
- 12:9 The Negev is a dry land. It is between Egypt and Canaan.
- 12:10 Egypt did not often have a famine because the River Nile went through the land.
- 12:12 Abram thinks that the king of Egypt might want to take Sarai as one of his wives. If he knows that Sarai is Abram's wife, the king will have to kill Abram.
- 12:15 A palace is a large house for a king.
Genesis 12
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Genesis 12
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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)
2 “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)
3 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]
4 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) 5 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.
6 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. 7 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.
8 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)
9 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
- Genesis 12:2 Or be seen as blessed
- Genesis 12:3 Or earth / will use your name in blessings (see 48:20)
- Genesis 12:7 Or seed
Genesis 12
Common English Bible
Genesis 12
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Abram’s family moves to Canaan
12 The Lord said to Abram, “Leave your land, your family, and your father’s household for the land that I will show you. 2 I will make of you a great nation and will bless you. I will make your name respected, and you will be a blessing.
3 I will bless those who bless you,
those who curse you I will curse;
all the families of the earth
will be blessed because of you.”[a]
4 Abram left just as the Lord told him, and Lot went with him. Now Abram was 75 years old when he left Haran. 5 Abram took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, all of their possessions, and those who became members of their household in Haran; and they set out for the land of Canaan. When they arrived in Canaan, 6 Abram traveled through the land as far as the sacred place at Shechem, at the oak of Moreh. The Canaanites lived in the land at that time. 7 The Lord appeared to Abram and said, “I give this land to your descendants,” so Abram built an altar there to the Lord who appeared to him. 8 From there he traveled toward the mountains east of Bethel, and pitched his tent with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. There he built an altar to the Lord and worshipped in the Lord’s name. 9 Then Abram set out toward the arid southern plain, making and breaking camp as he went.
Abram and Sarai visit Egypt
10 When a famine struck the land, Abram went down toward Egypt to live as an immigrant since the famine was so severe in the land. 11 Just before he arrived in Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, “I know you are a good-looking woman. 12 When the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife,’ and they will kill me but let you live. 13 So tell them you are my sister so that they will treat me well for your sake, and I will survive because of you.”
14 When Abram entered Egypt, the Egyptians saw how beautiful his wife was. 15 When Pharaoh’s princes saw her, they praised her to Pharaoh; and the woman was taken into Pharaoh’s household. 16 Things went well for Abram because of her: he acquired flocks, cattle, male donkeys, men servants, women servants, female donkeys, and camels. 17 Then the Lord struck Pharaoh and his household with severe plagues because of Abram’s wife Sarai. 18 So Pharaoh summoned Abram and said, “What’s this you’ve done to me? Why didn’t you tell me she was your wife? 19 Why did you say, ‘She’s my sister,’ so that I made her my wife? Now, here’s your wife. Take her and go!” 20 Pharaoh gave his men orders concerning Abram, and they expelled him with his wife and everything he had.
Footnotes
- Genesis 12:3 Or will bless themselves because of you; or will find a blessing because of you
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