1 耶和华对亚伯兰说： "你要离开本地、本族、父家， 到我指示你的地方去。 2 我必使你成为大国， 赐福给你， 使你的名为大， 你也必使别人得福， 3 给你祝福的， 我必赐福给他； 咒诅你的， 我必咒诅他； 地上的万族， 都必因你得福。" 4 亚伯兰就照着耶和华吩咐他的去了； 罗得也和他同去。 5 亚伯兰离开哈兰的时候， 已经七十五岁。亚伯兰带着他的妻子撒莱和侄儿罗得以及他们在哈兰所积蓄的一切财物， 和所获得的人口， 一同出来， 要到迦南地去。后来他们到了迦南地。 6 亚伯兰穿过那地， 到了示剑的地方， 摩利的橡树那里。当时， 迦南人住在那地。 7 耶和华向亚伯兰显现， 说： "我要把这地赐给你的后裔。"亚伯兰就在那里为向他显现的耶和华筑了一座祭坛。 8 后来他从那里迁到伯特利东边的山地， 搭起帐棚。西边是伯特利， 东边是艾城； 他在那里也为耶和华筑了一座祭坛， 呼求耶和华的名。 9 亚伯兰又起程， 渐渐移到南地去。 10 当时， 那地发生饥荒， 亚伯兰就下到埃及去， 要在那里寄居； 因为那地的饥荒十分严重。 11 快要到达埃及的时候， 亚伯兰对他的妻子撒莱说： "看哪， 我知道你是个美貌的女人。 12 埃及人看见你的时候， 必会说： ‘这是他的妻子’， 他们就会杀我， 却叫你活着。 13 请你说你是我的妹妹， 使我因你的缘故可以平安无事， 我的性命也可以因你的缘故得以保全。" 14 果然， 亚伯兰进入埃及的时候， 埃及人就注视那女人， 因为她十分美丽。 15 法老的一些大臣看见了撒莱， 就在法老面前称赞她； 于是那女人被带进法老的宫里去。 16 亚伯兰因这女人的缘故就被优待， 得了许多牛羊、公驴、母驴、仆婢和骆驼。 17 耶和华因为亚伯兰的妻子撒莱的缘故， 就用严重的灾病打击法老和他的全家。 18 于是， 法老把亚伯兰召了来， 对他说： "你向我作的是什么？你为什么不告诉我她是你的妻子呢？ 19 你为什么说她是你的妹妹， 以致我娶了她作妻子呢？现在， 你的妻子在这里， 带她走吧！ " 20 法老吩咐臣仆， 他们就把亚伯兰和他的妻子， 以及他所有的一切都送走了。

1 And Jehovah saith unto Abram, `Go for thyself, from thy land, and from thy kindred, and from the house of thy father, unto the land which I shew thee.2 And I make thee become a great nation, and bless thee, and make thy name great; and be thou a blessing.3 And I bless those blessing thee, and him who is disesteeming thee I curse, and blessed in thee have been all families of the ground.`4 And Abram goeth on, as Jehovah hath spoken unto him, and Lot goeth with him, and Abram [is] a son of five and seventy years in his going out from Charan.5 And Abram taketh Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother`s son, and all their substance that they have gained, and the persons that they have obtained in Charan; and they go out to go towards the land of Canaan; and they come in to the land of Canaan.6 And Abram passeth over into the land, unto the place Shechem, unto the oak of Moreh; and the Canaanite [is] then in the land.7 And Jehovah appeareth unto Abram, and saith, `To thy seed I give this land;` and he buildeth there an altar to Jehovah, who hath appeared unto him.8 And he removeth from thence towards a mountain at the east of Beth-El, and stretcheth out the tent (Beth-El at the west, and Hai at the east), and he buildeth there an altar to Jehovah, and preacheth in the name of Jehovah.9 And Abram journeyeth, going on and journeying towards the south.10 And there is a famine in the land, and Abram goeth down towards Egypt to sojourn there, for the famine [is] grievous in the land;11 and it cometh to pass as he hath drawn near to enter Egypt, that he saith unto Sarai his wife, `Lo, I pray thee, I have known that thou [art] a woman of beautiful appearance;12 and it hath come to pass that the Egyptians see thee, and they have said, `This [is] his wife,` and they have slain me, and thee they keep alive:13 say, I pray thee, thou [art] my sister, so that it is well with me because of thee, and my soul hath lived for thy sake.`14 And it cometh to pass, at the entering of Abram into Egypt, that the Egyptians see the woman that she [is] exceeding fair;15 and princes of Pharaoh see her, and praise her unto Pharaoh, and the woman is taken [to] Pharaoh`s house;16 and to Abram he hath done good because of her, and he hath sheep and oxen, and he-asses, and men-servants, and handmaids, and she-asses, and camels.17 And Jehovah plagueth Pharaoh and his house -- great plagues -- for the matter of Sarai, Abram`s wife.18 And Pharaoh calleth for Abram, and saith, `What [is] this thou hast done to me? why hast thou not declared to me that she [is] thy wife?19 Why hast thou said, She [is] my sister, and I take her to myself for a wife? and now, lo, thy wife, take and go.`20 And Pharaoh chargeth men concerning him, and they send him away, and his wife, an all that he hath.