Genesis 12
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
The Call of Abram
12 Now the Lord said to Abram, ‘Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. 2 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 I will bless those who bless you, and the one who curses you I will curse; and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.’[a]
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 Haran. 5 Abram took his wife Sarai and his brother’s son Lot, and all the possessions that they had gathered, and the persons whom they had acquired in Haran; and they set forth to go to the land of Canaan. When they had come to the land of Canaan, 6 Abram passed through the land to the place at Shechem, to the oak[b] of Moreh. At that time the Canaanites were in the land. 7 Then the Lord appeared to Abram, and said, ‘To your offspring[c] I will give this land.’ So he built there an altar to the Lord, who had appeared to him. 8 From there he moved on to the hill country on the east of 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 invoked the name of the Lord. 9 And Abram journeyed on by stages towards the Negeb.
Abram and Sarai in Egypt
10 Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to reside there as an alien, for the famine was severe in the land. 11 When he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, ‘I know well that you are a woman beautiful in appearance; 12 and when the Egyptians see you, they will say, “This is his wife”; then they will kill me, but they will let you live. 13 Say you are my sister, so that it may go well with me because of you, and that my life may be spared on your account.’ 14 When Abram entered Egypt the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful. 15 When the officials 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 and female slaves, female donkeys, and camels.
17 But the Lord 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 be gone.’ 20 And Pharaoh gave his men orders concerning him; and they set him on the way, with his wife and all that he had.
Footnotes
- Genesis 12:3 Or by you all the families of the earth shall bless themselves
- Genesis 12:6 Or terebinth
- Genesis 12:7 Heb seed
Genesis 12
King James Version
12 Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee:
2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
4 So Abram departed, as the Lord had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.
5 And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.
6 And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.
7 And the Lord appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the Lord, who appeared unto him.
8 And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the Lord, and called upon the name of the Lord.
9 And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south.
10 And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land.
11 And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon:
12 Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive.
13 Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee.
14 And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair.
15 The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.
16 And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and camels.
17 And the Lord plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram's wife.
18 And Pharaoh called Abram and said, What is this that thou hast done unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife?
19 Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so I might have taken her to me to wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way.
20 And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had.
1 Mosebok 12
Svenska Folkbibeln
Gud kallar Abram
12 Herren sade till Abram: "Gå ut ur ditt land och från din släkt och din fars hus och bege dig till det land som jag skall visa dig. 2 Där skall jag göra dig till ett stort folk. Jag skall välsigna dig och göra ditt namn stort, och du skall bli en välsignelse. 3 Jag skall välsigna dem som välsignar dig och förbanna den som förbannar dig. I dig skall alla släkter på jorden bli välsignade."[a]
4 Abram begav sig i väg som Herren hade sagt till honom, och Lot gick med honom. Abram var sjuttiofem år när han lämnade Haran. 5 Han tog med sig sin hustru Saraj och sin brorson Lot, alla ägodelar och allt det tjänstefolk som de hade skaffat sig i Haran och begav sig av mot Kanaans land.
När de kom till Kanaans land 6 fortsatte Abram in i landet ända till Sikems område, till Mores terebint. På den tiden bodde kananeerna i landet. 7 Och Herren uppenbarade sig för Abram och sade: "Åt dina efterkommande skall jag ge detta land." Då byggde han ett altare åt Herren som hade uppenbarat sig för honom. 8 Därifrån drog han vidare till berget öster om Betel och slog upp sitt tält så att han hade Betel i väster och Ai i öster. Där byggde han ett altare åt Herren och åkallade Herrens namn. 9 Sedan bröt Abram upp därifrån och drog sig allt längre söderut.
Abram i Egypten
10 Men det blev hungersnöd i landet och Abram flyttade ner till Egypten för att bo där som främling, ty hungersnöden var svår i landet. 11 När han närmade sig Egypten, sade han till sin hustru Saraj: "Hör på, jag vet att du är en vacker kvinna. 12 När egyptierna får se dig kommer de att säga: Hon är hans hustru! Och så kommer de att döda mig, men låta dig leva. 13 Säg därför att du är min syster, så går det bra för mig för din skull och jag får leva tack vare dig."
14 Så kom Abram till Egypten. Egyptierna såg att Saraj var en mycket vacker kvinna, 15 och när faraos hövdingar fick se henne, prisade de henne inför farao och hon fördes in i faraos palats. 16 Och det gick bra för Abram för hennes skull, och han fick får, nötboskap och åsnor, tjänare och tjänarinnor, åsninnor och kameler.
17 Men Herren lät farao och hans hus drabbas av stora plågor för Abrams hustru Sarajs skull. 18 Då kallade farao till sig Abram och sade: "Vad har du gjort mot mig! Varför berättade du inte för mig att hon är din hustru? 19 Varför sade du: 'Hon är min syster', så att jag tog henne till hustru? Här har du din hustru, tag henne och ge dig av!" 20 Och farao gav sina män order att skicka i väg Abram med hans hustru och allt han ägde.
Footnotes
- 1 Mosebok 12:3 I dig . . . välsignade Den utlovade välsignelsen eller frälsningen (1 Mos 3:15) skulle komma alla jordens folkslag till del via Abram, genom hans "avkomma". Jfr 1 Mos 22:18, 28:14, Gal 3:8, 16.
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