Genesis 12
English Standard Version
The Call of Abram
12 Now (A)the Lord said[a] to Abram, “Go from your country[b] and your kindred and your father's house to the land that I will show you. 2 (B)And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. 3 (C)I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and (D)in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”[c]
4 So Abram went, as the Lord had told him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from (E)Haran. 5 And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their possessions that they had gathered, and the people that they had acquired in Haran, and they set out to go to the land of Canaan. When they came to the land of Canaan, 6 Abram (F)passed through the land to the place at Shechem, to (G)the oak[d] of (H)Moreh. At that time (I)the Canaanites were in the land. 7 Then the Lord appeared to Abram and said, (J)“To your offspring I will give this land.” So he built there an altar to the Lord, who had appeared to him. 8 From there he moved to the hill country on the east of (K)Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. And there he built an altar to the Lord and called upon the name of the Lord. 9 And Abram journeyed on, still going toward the Negeb.
Abram and Sarai in Egypt
10 Now (L)there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there, for the famine was severe in the land. 11 When he was about to enter Egypt, he said to Sarai his wife, “I know that you are a woman beautiful in appearance, 12 and when the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife.’ Then they (M)will kill me, but they will let you live. 13 Say you are my sister, that it may go well with me because of you, and that my life may be spared for your sake.” 14 When Abram entered Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful. 15 And when the princes of Pharaoh saw her, they praised her to Pharaoh. And the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house. 16 And for her sake he dealt well with Abram; and he had sheep, oxen, male donkeys, male servants, female servants, female donkeys, and camels.
17 But the Lord (N)afflicted Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram's wife. 18 So Pharaoh called 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 for my wife? Now then, here is your wife; take her, and go.” 20 And Pharaoh gave men orders concerning him, and they sent him away with his wife and all that he had.
Footnotes
- Genesis 12:1 Or had said
- Genesis 12:1 Or land
- Genesis 12:3 Or by you all the families of the earth shall bless themselves
- Genesis 12:6 Or terebinth
Genesis 12
New American Standard Bible
Abram Journeys to Egypt
12 Now (A)the Lord said to Abram,
“Go from your country,
And from your relatives
And from your father’s house,
To the land which I will show you;
2 And (B)I will make you into a great nation,
And (C)I will bless you,
And make your name great;
And you shall (D)be a blessing;
3 And (E)I will bless those who bless you,
And the one who [a]curses you I will [b]curse.
(F)And in you all the families of the earth will be blessed.”
4 So Abram went away as the Lord had spoken to him; and (G)Lot went with him. Now Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran. 5 Abram took his wife Sarai and his nephew Lot, and all their (H)possessions which they had accumulated, and (I)the [c]people which they had acquired in Haran, and they [d]set out for the land of Canaan; (J)so they came to the land of Canaan. 6 Abram passed through the land as far as the site of (K)Shechem, to the [e]oak of Moreh. Now the Canaanites were in the land at that time. 7 And the Lord (L)appeared to Abram and said, “(M)To your [f]descendants I will give this land.” So he built (N)an altar there to the Lord who had appeared to him. 8 Then he proceeded from there to the mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent with (O)Bethel on the west and Ai on the east; and there he built an altar to the Lord and (P)called upon the name of the Lord. 9 Then Abram journeyed on, continuing toward (Q)the [g]Negev.
10 Now there was (R)a famine in the land; so Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a time, because the famine was (S)severe in the land. 11 It came about, when he [h]was approaching Egypt, that he said to his wife Sarai, “See now, I know that you are a [i](T)beautiful woman; 12 (U)and when the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife’; and they will kill me, but they will let you live. 13 Please say that you are (V)my sister so that it may go well for me because of you, and that [j](W)I may live on account of you.” 14 Now it came about, when Abram entered Egypt, that the Egyptians [k]saw that the woman was very beautiful. 15 Pharaoh’s officials saw her and praised her to Pharaoh; and (X)the woman was taken into Pharaoh’s house. 16 Therefore (Y)he treated Abram well for her sake; and [l](Z)he gave him sheep, oxen, male donkeys, male servants and female servants, female donkeys, and camels.
17 But the Lord (AA)struck Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram’s wife. 18 Then Pharaoh called Abram and said, “(AB)What is this that 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 for myself as a wife? Now then, [m]here is your wife, take her and go!” 20 And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him; and they [n]escorted him away, with his wife and all that belonged to him.
Footnotes
- Genesis 12:3 Or reviles
- Genesis 12:3 Or bind under a curse
- Genesis 12:5 Lit souls
- Genesis 12:5 Lit went forth to go to
- Genesis 12:6 Or terebinth
- Genesis 12:7 Lit seed
- Genesis 12:9 I.e., South country
- Genesis 12:11 Lit came near to enter
- Genesis 12:11 Lit woman of beautiful appearance
- Genesis 12:13 Lit my soul
- Genesis 12:14 Lit saw the woman that she was
- Genesis 12:16 Lit there was to him
- Genesis 12:19 Or behold
- Genesis 12:20 Lit sent
Postanak 12
Biblija: suvremeni hrvatski prijevod
Božji poziv i obećanje Abramu
12 BOG je rekao Abramu: »Ostavi svoju zemlju, svoju rodbinu i dom svog oca. Idi u zemlju koju ću ti pokazati.
2 Učinit ću od tebe velik narod
i blagoslovit ću te.
Ime ću ti učiniti velikim,
i ti ćeš biti blagoslov.
3 Blagoslivljat ću one koji tebe blagoslivljaju,
a proklinjat one koji tebe proklinju.
Po tebi će biti blagoslovljeni
svi narodi na zemlji.«
4 I Abram je krenuo, kao što mu je BOG rekao, a s njim je pošao i Lot. Abram je imao sedamdeset i pet godina kad je otišao iz Harana. 5 Sa sobom je poveo svoju ženu Saraju, nećaka Lota, uzeo je svu imovinu koju su stekli i sve robove koje su imali u Haranu. Zaputili su se u zemlju Kanaan. Kad su stigli, 6 Abram je prošao zemljom sve do mjesta Šekem, do poznatoga hrasta Moreh[a]. Tada su ondje živjeli Kanaanci.
7 BOG se pokazao Abramu i rekao mu: »Ovu ću zemlju dati tvome potomstvu.«
Ondje je Abram napravio žrtvenik BOGU koji mu se pokazao. 8 Potom je otišao u brda, istočno od Betela, gdje je razapeo svoj šator. Betel mu je bio na zapadu, a Aj na istoku. Abram je ondje napravio žrtvenik BOGU i štovao BOGA[b]. 9 Zatim je nastavio putovati, od mjesta do mjesta, prema jugu.
Abram i Saraja u Egiptu
10 U zemlji je zavladala toliko velika glad da je Abram otišao u Egipat kako bi neko vrijeme ondje živio kao stranac.
11 Na ulasku u Egipat rekao je svojoj ženi Saraji: »Slušaj, znam da si prekrasna žena. 12 Kad te Egipćani vide, bit će ljubomorni što si mi žena pa će me ubiti, a tebe zadržati za sebe. 13 Zato, reci da si mi sestra, da zbog tebe dobro prođem i da mi poštede život.«
14 Kad je Abram stigao u Egipat, Egipćani su vidjeli da je Saraja vrlo lijepa. 15 A vidjeli su je i faraonovi službenici pa je pohvalili pred njim. Tako su je doveli na faraonov dvor da bude jedna od njegovih žena[c]. 16 Radi nje je faraon lijepo postupao s Abramom te je on stekao ovce i koze, goveda, magarce i magarice, deve, robove i ropkinje.
17 No BOG je poslao teške bolesti na faraona i njegove ukućane zbog Abramove žene Saraje. 18 Stoga je faraon pozvao Abrama i upitao: »Što si mi učinio? Zašto mi nisi rekao da je ona tvoja žena? 19 Zašto si rekao da ti je sestra pa sam je uzeo sebi za ženu? Sad ti je vraćam—uzmi je i idi!« 20 Zatim je faraon dao zapovijed svojim ljudima pa su otpremili Abrama s njegovom ženom i svom imovinom.
Footnotes
- 12,6 Moreh U nekim prijevodima »More«. Nije povezano s hrvatskom riječi »more«, već se radi o transliteraciji hebrejskog »moreh«, što znači »učitelj«. Vjerojatno su tu kanaanski učitelji poučavali o svojim bogovima.
- 12,8 štovao BOGA Doslovno: »zazvao BOŽJE ime«.
- 12,15 da bude jedna od njegovih žena Dodano radi pojašnjenja teksta.
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