1 And Jehovah had said to Abram, Go out of thy land, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, to the land that I will shew thee.2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing.3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee; and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.4 And Abram departed as Jehovah had said to him. And Lot went with him. And Abram was seventy-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 possessions that they had acquired, and the souls that they had obtained in Haran, and they went out to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.6 And Abram passed through the land to the place of Shechem, to the oak of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.7 And Jehovah appeared to Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land. And there he built an altar to Jehovah who had appeared to him.8 And he removed thence towards the mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, {having} Bethel toward the west, and Ai toward the east; and there he built an altar to Jehovah, and called on the name of Jehovah.9 And Abram moved onward, going on still toward the south.10 And there was a famine in the land. And Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there, for the famine was grievous in the land.11 And it came to pass when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said to Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a woman fair to look upon.12 And it will come to pass when the Egyptians see thee, that they will say, She is his wife; and they will slay me, and save thee alive.13 Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister, that it may be well with me on thy account, and my soul may live because of thee.14 And it came to pass when Abram came into Egypt, that 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 treated Abram well on her account; and he had sheep, and oxen, and he-asses, and bondmen, and bondwomen, and she-asses, and camels.17 And Jehovah plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram's wife.18 And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this thou hast done to me? Why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife?19 Why didst thou say, She is my sister, so that I took her as my wife. And now, behold, there is thy wife: take {her}, and go away.20 And Pharaoh commanded {his} men concerning him, and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had.

1 En die HERE het aan Abram gesê: Gaan jy uit jou land en uit jou familie en uit jou vader se huis, na die land wat Ek jou sal wys.2 En Ek sal jou 'n groot nasie maak en jou seën en jou naam so groot maak, dat jy 'n seën sal wees.3 En Ek sal seën diegene wat jou seën, en hom vervloek wat jou vervloek; en in jou sal al die geslagte van die aarde geseënword.4 Toe het Abram weggetrek soos die HERE hom gesê het, en Lot het saam met hom getrek. En Abram was vyf en sewentig jaar oud by sy vertrek uit Haran.5 En Abram het Sarai, sy vrou, en Lot, sy broerskind, geneem en al hulle besittings wat hulle bymekaargemaak en die slawe wat hulle in Haran verwerf het, en hulle het uitgetrek om na die land Kana„n te gaan en in die land Kanaän gekom.6 En Abram het deur die land getrek na die plek Sigem, tot by die terpentynboom More. Die Kanaäniete was toe in die land.7 Daarop verskyn die HERE aan Abram en sê: Aan jou nageslag sal Ek hierdie land gee. Toe bou hy daar 'n altaar vir die HERE wat aan hom verskyn het.8 En daarvandaan het hy verder versit na die gebergte oos van Bet-el en sy tent opgeslaan tussen Bet-el aan die weste-- en Ai aan die oostekant, en daar vir die HERE 'n altaar gebou en die Naam van die HERE aangeroep.9 Daarna het Abram al verder na die Suidland weggetrek.10 En daar was hongersnood in die land, sodat Abram na Egipte afgetrek het om daar as vreemdeling te vertoef; want die hongersnood was swaar in die land.11 En toe hy op die punt staan om Egipte in te trek, het hy met sy vrou Sarai gespreek: Kyk, ek weet dat jy 'n vrou is mooi van aansien.12 As die Egiptenaars jou nou sien, sal hulle sê: Dit is sy vrou en hulle sal my doodmaak en jou laat lewe.13 Sê tog jy is my suster, dat dit met my goed kan gaan ter wille van jou en ek om jou ontwil in die lewe kan bly.14 Toe Abram dan in Egipte gekom het, sien die Egiptenaars dat die vrou baie mooi was.15 Ook het die vorste van Farao haar gesien en haar by Farao geprys. En die vrou is na die paleis van Farao geneem.16 En hy het goed gedoen aan Abram om haar ontwil, sodat hy kleinvee en beeste en esels, slawe en slavinne, eselinne en kamele in besit gekry het.17 Maar die HERE het Farao en sy huis met groot plae besoek ter wille van Sarai, die vrou van Abram.18 Daarop laat Farao Abram roep en hy sê: Wat het jy my nou aangedoen? Waarom het jy my nie te kenne gegee dat sy jou vrou is nie?19 Waarom het jy gesê: Sy is my suster -- sodat ek haar vir my as vrou geneem het? Daar is jou vrou dan nou; neem haar en gaan weg.20 En Farao het aan enkele manne aangaande hom bevel gegee, en hulle het hom weggebring met sy vrou en sy hele besitting.