Welcome to our website where we explore the Bible! Pleasure to meet you here!
May your journey into the world of the Holy Scriptures be engaging and inspiring!
You can change reading language: uk ru
Parallel
New American Standard Bible
New Living Translation
Abram Journeys to Egypt
Now the LORD said to Abram,
“Go forth from your country,
And from your relatives
And from your father’s house,
To the land which I will show you;
Now the LORD said to Abram,
“Go forth from your country,
And from your relatives
And from your father’s house,
To the land which I will show you;
The Call of Abram
The LORD had said to Abram, “Leave your native country, your relatives, and your father’s family, and go to the land that I will show you.
The LORD had said to Abram, “Leave your native country, your relatives, and your father’s family, and go to the land that I will show you.
And I will make you a great nation,
And I will bless you,
And make your name great;
And so you shall be a blessing;
And I will bless you,
And make your name great;
And so you shall be a blessing;
I will make you into a great nation. I will bless you and make you famous, and you will be a blessing to others.
And 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 will be blessed.”
And the one who curses you I will curse.
And in you all the families of the earth will be blessed.”
I will bless those who bless you and curse those who treat you with contempt. All the families on earth will be blessed through you.”
So Abram went forth as the LORD had spoken to him; and Lot went with him. Now Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran.
So Abram departed as the LORD had instructed, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran.
Abram took Sarai his wife and Lot his nephew, and all their possessions which they had accumulated, and the persons which they had acquired in Haran, and they set out for the land of Canaan; thus they came to the land of Canaan.
He took his wife, Sarai, his nephew Lot, and all his wealth — his livestock and all the people he had taken into his household at Haran — and headed for the land of Canaan. When they arrived in Canaan,
Abram passed through the land as far as the site of Shechem, to the oak of Moreh. Now the Canaanite was then in the land.
Abram traveled through the land as far as Shechem. There he set up camp beside the oak of Moreh. At that time, the area was inhabited by Canaanites.
The LORD appeared to Abram and said, “To your descendants I will give this land.” So he built an altar there to the LORD who had appeared to him.
Then he proceeded from there to the mountain 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 called upon the name of the LORD.
After that, Abram traveled south and set up camp in the hill country, with Bethel to the west and Ai to the east. There he built another altar and dedicated it to the LORD, and he worshiped the LORD.
Abram journeyed on, continuing toward the Negev.
Then Abram continued traveling south by stages toward the Negev.
Now there was a famine in the land; so Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there, for the famine was severe in the land.
Abram and Sarai in Egypt
At that time a severe famine struck the land of Canaan, forcing Abram to go down to Egypt, where he lived as a foreigner.
It came about when he came near to Egypt, that he said to Sarai his wife, “See now, I know that you are a beautiful woman;
As he was approaching the border of Egypt, Abram said to his wife, Sarai, “Look, you are a very beautiful woman.
and when the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife’; and they will kill me, but they will let you live.
When the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife. Let’s kill him; then we can have her!’
“Please say that you are my sister so that it may go well with me because of you, and that I may live on account of you.”
So please tell them you are my sister. Then they will spare my life and treat me well because of their interest in you.”
It came about when Abram came into Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful.
And sure enough, when Abram arrived in Egypt, everyone noticed Sarai’s beauty.
Pharaoh’s officials saw her and praised her to Pharaoh; and the woman was taken into Pharaoh’s house.
When the palace officials saw her, they sang her praises to Pharaoh, their king, and Sarai was taken into his palace.
Therefore he treated Abram well for her sake; and gave him sheep and oxen and donkeys and male and female servants and female donkeys and camels.
Then Pharaoh gave Abram many gifts because of her — sheep, goats, cattle, male and female donkeys, male and female servants, and camels.
But the LORD struck Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram’s wife.
But the LORD sent terrible plagues upon Pharaoh and his household because of Sarai, Abram’s wife.
Then Pharaoh called Abram and said, “What is this you have done to me? Why did you not tell me that she was your wife?
So Pharaoh summoned Abram and accused him sharply. “What have you done to me?” he demanded. “Why didn’t you tell me she was your wife?
“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.”
Why did you say, ‘She is my sister,’ and allow me to take her as my wife? Now then, here is your wife. Take her and get out of here!”