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 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。