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Now the LORD said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father-s house, unto the land that I will shew thee: |
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and I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and be thou a blessing: |
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and I will bless them that bless thee, and him that curseth thee will I curse: and in thee shall all the families of the earth be blessed. |
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So Abram went, 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. |
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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. |
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And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Shechem, unto the oak of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land. |
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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. |
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And he removed from thence unto the mountain on the east of Beth-el, and pitched his tent, having Beth-el on the west, and Ai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD. |
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And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the South. |
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And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was sore in the land. |
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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: |
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and 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. |
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Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake, and that my soul may live because of thee. |
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And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair. |
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And the princes of Pharaoh saw her, and praised her to Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh-s house. |
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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. |
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And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram-s wife. |
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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? |
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Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so that I took her to be my wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way. |
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And Pharaoh gave men charge concerning him: and they brought him on the way, and his wife, and all that he had. |
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