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 Ja Issand ütles Aabramile: „Mine omalt maalt, omast sugukonnast ja isakojast maale, mille Ma sulle näitan!
2 Ma teen sind suureks rahvaks ja õnnistan sind, Ma teen su nime suureks, et sa oleksid õnnistuseks!
3 Siis Ma õnnistan neid, kes sind õnnistavad, panen vande alla need, kes sind neavad, ja sinu nimel õnnistavad endid kõik suguvõsad maa peal!"
4 Ja Aabram läks, nagu Issand teda käskis, ja Lott läks ühes temaga; Aabram oli seitsekümmend viis aastat vana, kui ta Haaranist väljus.
5 Ja Aabram võttis oma naise Saarai ja oma vennapoja Loti ja kogu nende varanduse, mis nad olid soetanud, ja Haaranis hangitud hingelised, ja nad läksid teele Kaananimaa poole. Ja nad jõudsid Kaananimaale.
6 Ja Aabram käis maa läbi Sekemi püha paigani, Moore tammeni; kaananlased olid siis veel sellel maal.
7 Ja Issand ilmutas Ennast Aabramile ning ütles: „Sinu soole Ma annan selle maa!" Siis ta ehitas sinna altari Issandale, kes oli Ennast temale ilmutanud.
8 Sealt ta liikus edasi mäestikku Peetelist hommiku poole ja lõi oma telgi üles, nõnda et Peetel jäi õhtu ja Ai hommiku poole; ja ta ehitas sinna altari Issandale ning hüüdis appi Issanda nime.
9 Ja Aabram läks teele, rändas üha ja siirdus Lõunamaale.
10 Aga maal oli nälg. Siis Aabram läks alla Egiptusesse, et seal võõrana elada, sest maal oli suur nälg.
11 Ja kui ta minnes Egiptusele ligines, ütles ta oma naisele Saaraile: „Vaata, ma tean, et sa oled ilusa välimusega naine.
12 Aga kui egiptlased sind näevad, ütlevad nad: „See on tema naine!" Siis nad tapavad mind, aga jätavad sind elama.
13 Ütle siis, et oled minu õde, et mu käsi sinu tõttu võiks hästi käia ja mu hing sinu pärast ellu jääks!"
14 Kui Aabram jõudis Egiptusesse, siis nägid egiptlased, et naine oli väga ilus.
15 Ja kui vaarao vürstid teda nägid, siis nad ülistasid teda vaaraole ja naine võeti vaarao kotta,
16 kes tegi Aabramile tema pärast head: ta sai pudulojuseid, veiseid ja eesleid, sulaseid ja ümmardajaid, emaeesleid ja kaameleid.
17 Aga Issand nuhtles vaaraot ja tema koda suurte nuhtlustega Saarai, Aabrami naise pärast.
18 Siis vaarao kutsus Aabrami ning ütles: „Miks sa mulle seda tegid? Miks sa ei teatanud mulle, et ta on sinu naine?
19 Miks sa ütlesid: ta on mu õde, nõnda et ma tema enesele naiseks võtsin? Aga nüüd, vaata, seal on su naine, võta tema ja mine!"
20 Ja vaarao andis tema pärast meestele käsu, et nad saadaksid minema tema ja ta naise ja kõik, mis tal oli.