1 Ora, disse o Senhor a Abrão: Sai da tua terra, da tua parentela e da casa de teu pai e vai para a terra que te mostrarei; 2 de ti farei uma grande nação, e te abençoarei, e te engrandecerei o nome. Sê tu uma bênção! 3 Abençoarei os que te abençoarem e amaldiçoarei os que te amaldiçoarem; em ti serão benditas todas as famílias da terra.

4 Partiu, pois, Abrão, como lho ordenara o Senhor, e Ló foi com ele. Tinha Abrão setenta e cinco anos quando saiu de Harã. 5 Levou Abrão consigo a Sarai, sua mulher, e a Ló, filho de seu irmão, e todos os bens que haviam adquirido, e as pessoas que lhes acresceram em Harã. Partiram para a terra de Canaã; e lá chegaram. 6 Atravessou Abrão a terra até Siquém, até ao carvalho de Moré. Nesse tempo os cananeus habitavam essa terra. 7 Apareceu o Senhor a Abrão e lhe disse: Darei à tua descendência esta terra. Ali edificou Abrão um altar ao Senhor, que lhe aparecera. 8 Passando dali para o monte ao oriente de Betel, armou a sua tenda, ficando Betel ao ocidente e Ai ao oriente; ali edificou um altar ao Senhor e invocou o nome do Senhor. 9 Depois, seguiu Abrão dali, indo sempre para o Neguebe.

10 Havia fome naquela terra; desceu, pois, Abrão ao Egito, para aí ficar, porquanto era grande a fome na terra. 11 Quando se aproximava do Egito, quase ao entrar, disse a Sarai, sua mulher: Ora, bem sei que és mulher de formosa aparência; 12 os egípcios, quando te virem, vão dizer: É a mulher dele e me matarão, deixando-te com vida. 13 Dize, pois, que és minha irmã, para que me considerem por amor de ti e, por tua causa, me conservem a vida. 14 Tendo Abrão entrado no Egito, viram os egípcios que a mulher era sobremaneira formosa. 15 Viram-na os príncipes de Faraó e gabaram-na junto dele; e a mulher foi levada para a casa de Faraó. 16 Este, por causa dela, tratou bem a Abrão, o qual veio a ter ovelhas, bois, jumentos, escravos e escravas, jumentas e camelos.

17 Porém o Senhor puniu Faraó e a sua casa com grandes pragas, por causa de Sarai, mulher de Abrão. 18 Chamou, pois, Faraó a Abrão e lhe disse: Que é isso que me fizeste? Por que não me disseste que era ela tua mulher? 19 E me disseste ser tua irmã? Por isso, a tomei para ser minha mulher. Agora, pois, eis a tua mulher, toma-a e vai-te. 20 E Faraó deu ordens aos seus homens a respeito dele; e acompanharam-no, a ele, a sua mulher e a tudo que possuía.

1 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 show thee.

2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and be thou a blessing.

3 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.'

4 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.

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 Shechem, unto the terebinth 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 he builded there an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him.

8 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 he builded there 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 sore 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 And it will come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they will say: This is his wife; and they will kill me, but thee they will keep alive.

13 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.'

14 And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair.

15 And the princes of Pharaoh saw her, and praised her to Pharaoh; and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.

16 And he dealt well with Abram for her sake; and he had sheep, and oxen, and he-asses, and men-servants, and maid-servants, 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 that I took her to be my wife; now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way.'

20 And Pharaoh gave men charge concerning him; and they brought him on the way, and his wife, and all that he had.