Genesis 11:27-12:20

Legacy Standard Bible

The Generations of Terah

²⁷ Now these are the generations of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and ^(A)Haran became the father of ^(B)Lot. ²⁸ And Haran died ^[a]in the presence of Terah his father in the land of his birth, in ^(C)Ur of the Chaldeans. ²⁹ Abram and ^(D)Nahor took wives for themselves. The name of Abram’s wife was ^(E)Sarai; and the name of Nahor’s wife was ^(F)Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah and the father of Iscah. ^30 (G)And Sarai was barren; she had no child.

³¹ And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran, his grandson, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram’s wife; and they went out ^[b]together from ^(H)Ur of the Chaldeans in order to go to the land of Canaan; and they came as far as Haran and ^[c]settled there. ³² And the days of Terah were 205 years; and Terah died in Haran.

Yahweh Appears to Abram

12 And ^(I)Yahweh said to Abram,

⁴ So Abram went forth as Yahweh had spoken to him; and ^(O)Lot went with him. Now Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran. ⁵ So Abram took Sarai his wife and Lot his brother’s son, and all their ^(P)possessions which they had accumulated, and ^(Q)the ^[h]persons which they had acquired in Haran, and they departed to go forth to the land of Canaan; ^(R)thus they came to the land of Canaan. ⁶ And Abram passed through the land as far as the site of ^(S)Shechem, to the ^[i]oak of Moreh. Now the Canaanite was then in the land. ⁷ Then Yahweh ^(T)appeared to Abram and said, “^(U)To your seed I will give this land.” So he built ^(V)an altar there to Yahweh who had appeared to him. ⁸ Then he proceeded from there to the mountain on the east of Bethel, and he pitched his tent with ^(W)Bethel on the west and Ai on the east; and there he built an altar to Yahweh and ^(X)called upon the name of Yahweh. ⁹ And Abram journeyed on, continuing toward ^(Y)the ^[j]Negev.

Abram and Sarai in Egypt

¹⁰ Now there was ^(Z)a famine in the land; so Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there, for the famine was ^(AA)severe in the land. ¹¹ And it happened as he drew near to entering Egypt, that he said to Sarai his wife, “Now behold, I know that you are a woman ^(AB)beautiful in appearance; ^12 (AC)and it will be when the Egyptians see you, that they will say, ‘This is his wife’; and they will kill me, but they will let you live. ¹³ Please say that you are ^(AD)my sister so that it may go well with me because of you, and that ^[k](AE)I may live on account of you.” ¹⁴ Now it happened when Abram came into Egypt, that the Egyptians ^[l]saw that the woman was very beautiful. ¹⁵ And Pharaoh’s officials saw her and praised her to Pharaoh; and ^(AF)the woman was taken into Pharaoh’s house. ¹⁶ Therefore ^(AG)he treated Abram well because of her; and sheep and oxen and donkeys and male and female servants and female donkeys and camels ^[m](AH)came into his possession.

¹⁷ But Yahweh ^(AI)struck Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram’s wife. ¹⁸ Then Pharaoh called Abram and said, “^(AJ)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 myself as a wife? So now, ^[n]here is your wife, take her and go.” ²⁰ So Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him; and they ^[o]sent him away with his wife and all that belonged to him.