1 Ora, o SENHOR disse a Abrão: Sai-te da tua terra, da tua parentela e da casa de teu pai, para a terra que eu te mostrarei.

2 E far-te-ei uma grande nação, e abençoar-te-ei e engrandecerei o teu nome; e tu serás uma bênção.

3 E abençoarei os que te abençoarem, e amaldiçoarei os que te amaldiçoarem; e em ti serão benditas todas as famílias da terra.

4 Assim partiu Abrão como o Senhor lhe tinha dito, e foi Ló com ele; e era Abrão da idade de setenta e cinco anos quando saiu de Harã.

5 E tomou Abrão a Sarai, sua mulher, e a Ló, filho de seu irmão, e todos os bens que haviam adquirido, e as almas que lhe acresceram em Harã; e saíram para irem à terra de Canaã; e chegaram à terra de Canaã.

6 E passou Abrão por aquela terra até ao lugar de Siquém, até ao carvalho de Moré; e estavam então os cananeus na terra.

7 E apareceu o Senhor a Abrão, e disse: À tua descendência darei esta terra. E edificou ali um altar ao Senhor, que lhe aparecera.

8 E moveu-se dali para a montanha do lado oriental de Betel, e armou a sua tenda, tendo Betel ao ocidente, e Ai ao oriente; e edificou ali um altar ao Senhor, e invocou o nome do Senhor.

9 Depois caminhou Abrão dali, seguindo ainda para o lado do sul.

10 E havia fome naquela terra; e desceu Abrão ao Egito, para peregrinar ali, porquanto a fome era grande na terra.

11 E aconteceu que, chegando ele para entrar no Egito, disse a Sarai, sua mulher: Ora, bem sei que és mulher formosa à vista;

12 E será que, quando os egípcios te virem, dirão: Esta é sua mulher. E matar-me-ão a mim, e a ti te guardarão em vida.

13 Dize, peço-te, que és minha irmã, para que me vá bem por tua causa, e que viva a minha alma por amor de ti.

14 E aconteceu que, entrando Abrão no Egito, viram os egípcios a mulher, que era mui formosa.

15 E viram-na os príncipes de Faraó, e gabaram-na diante de Faraó; e foi a mulher tomada para a casa de Faraó.

16 E fez bem a Abrão por amor dela; e ele teve ovelhas, vacas, jumentos, servos e servas, jumentas e camelos.

17 Feriu, porém, o Senhor a Faraó e a sua casa, com grandes pragas, por causa de Sarai, mulher de Abrão.

18 Então chamou Faraó a Abrão, e disse: Que é isto que me fizeste? Por que não me disseste que ela era tua mulher?

19 Por que disseste: É minha irmã? Por isso a tomei por minha mulher; agora, pois, eis aqui tua mulher; toma-a e vai-te.

20 E Faraó deu ordens aos seus homens a respeito dele; e acompanharam-no, a ele, e a sua mulher, e a tudo o que tinha.

1 Now the Lord said to Abram, Go out from your country and from your family and from your father's house, into the land to which I will be your guide:

2 And I will make of you a great nation, blessing you and making your name great; and you will be a blessing:

3 To them who are good to you will I give blessing, and on him who does you wrong will I put my curse: and you will become a name of blessing to all the families of the earth.

4 So Abram went as the Lord had said to him, and Lot went with him: Abram was seventy-five years old when he went away from Haran.

5 And Abram took Sarai, his wife, and Lot, his brother's son, and all their goods and the servants which they had got in Haran, and they went out to go to the land of Canaan.

6 And Abram went through the land till he came to Shechem, to the holy tree of Moreh. At that time, the Canaanites were still living in the land.

7 And the Lord came to Abram, and said, I will give all this land to your seed; then Abram made an altar there to the Lord who had let himself be seen by him.

8 And moving on from there to the mountain on the east of Beth-el, he put up his tent, having Beth-el on the west and Ai on the east: and there he made an altar and gave worship to the name of the Lord.

9 And he went on, journeying still to the South.

10 And because there was little food to be had in that land, he went down into Egypt.

11 Now when he came near to Egypt, he said to Sarai, his wife, Truly, you are a fair woman and beautiful to the eye;

12 And I am certain that when the men of Egypt see you, they will say, This is his wife: and they will put me to death and keep you.

13 Say, then, that you are my sister, and so it will be well with me because of you, and my life will be kept safe on your account.

14 And so it was that when Abram came into Egypt, the men of Egypt, looking on the woman, saw that she was fair.

15 And Pharaoh's great men, having seen her, said words in praise of her to Pharaoh, and she was taken into Pharaoh's house.

16 And because of her, he was good to Abram, and he had sheep and oxen and asses, and men-servants and women-servants, and camels.

17 And the Lord sent great troubles on Pharaoh's house because of Sarai, Abram's wife.

18 Then Pharaoh sent for Abram, and said, What have you done to me? why did you not say that she was your wife?

19 Why did you say that she was your sister? so that I took her for my wife: now, take your wife and go on your way.

20 And Pharaoh gave orders to his men, and they sent him on his way, with his wife and all he had.