The First Book of Moses Called Genesis

 1 Now the Lord had ^asaid unto ^bAbram, ^cGet thee out of thy ^dcountry, and from thy ^ekindred, and from thy ^ffather’s house, unto a ^gland that I will shew thee:

 2 And I will make of thee a ^agreat ^bnation, and I will ^cbless thee, and make thy ^dname great; and thou shalt be a blessing:

 3 And I will ^abless them that bless thee, and ^bcurse him that ^ccurseth thee: and in thee shall all ^dfamilies of the earth be ^eblessed.

 4 So Abram departed, as the Lord had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was ^aseventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.

 5 And Abram took ^aSarai his wife, and ^bLot his ^cbrother’s son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had ^dgotten in ^eHaran; 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 ^aCanaanite was then in the land.

 7 And the Lord appeared unto Abram, and said, ^aUnto thy ^bseed will I give this ^cland: and there builded he an ^daltar unto the Lord, who appeared unto him.

 8 And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of ^aBeth-el, and pitched his tent, having ^bBeth-el on the west, and ^cHai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the Lord, and ^dcalled upon the ^ename of the Lord.

 9 And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south.

 10 ¶And there was a ^afamine 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 ^asaid 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 ^asister: 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 ^abeheld 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 ^aplagued Pharaoh and his house with great ^bplagues because of Sarai Abram’s wife.

 18 And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this that thou hast ^adone unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife?

 19 Why saidst thou, She is my ^asister? 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.