Abram’s Family

²⁷ This is the account^(A) of Terah’s family line.

Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor^(B) and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot.^{(C) 28} While his father Terah was still alive, Haran died in Ur of the Chaldeans,^(D) in the land of his birth. ²⁹ Abram and Nahor^(E) both married. The name of Abram’s wife was Sarai,^(F) and the name of Nahor’s wife was Milkah;^(G) she was the daughter of Haran, the father of both Milkah and Iskah. ³⁰ Now Sarai was childless because she was not able to conceive.^(H)

³¹ Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot^(I) son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law^(J) Sarai, the wife of his son Abram, and together they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans^(K) to go to Canaan.^(L) But when they came to Harran,^(M) they settled there.

³² Terah^(N) lived 205 years, and he died in Harran.

The Call of Abram

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

⁴ So Abram went, as the Lord had told him; and Lot^(W) went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old^(X) when he set out from Harran.^{(Y) 5} He took his wife Sarai,^(Z) his nephew Lot, all the possessions they had accumulated^(AA) and the people^(AB) they had acquired in Harran, and they set out for the land of Canaan,^(AC) and they arrived there.

⁶ Abram traveled through the land^(AD) as far as the site of the great tree of Moreh^(AE) at Shechem.^(AF) At that time the Canaanites^(AG) were in the land. ⁷ The Lord appeared to Abram^(AH) and said, “To your offspring^[c] I will give this land.^(AI)”^(AJ) So he built an altar there to the Lord,^(AK) who had appeared to him.

⁸ From there he went on toward the hills east of Bethel^(AL) and pitched his tent,^(AM) with Bethel on the west and Ai^(AN) on the east. There he built an altar to the Lord and called on the name of the Lord.^(AO)

⁹ Then Abram set out and continued toward the Negev.^(AP)

Abram in Egypt^(AQ)

¹⁰ Now there was a famine in the land,^(AR) and Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe.^{(AS) 11} As he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai,^(AT) “I know what a beautiful woman^(AU) 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,^(AV) 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.^{(AW) 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.^(AX)

¹⁷ But the Lord inflicted^(AY) serious diseases on Pharaoh and his household^(AZ) because of Abram’s wife Sarai. ¹⁸ So Pharaoh summoned Abram. “What have you done to me?”^(BA) he said. “Why didn’t you tell me she was your wife?^{(BB) 19} Why did you say, ‘She is my sister,’^(BC) 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.