1 Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee: 2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will 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 So Abram departed, 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 Sichem, unto the plain 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 there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him. 8 And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Beth-el, and pitched his tent, having Beth-el on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded 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 grievous 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 Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive. 13 Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall 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 The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh’s house. 16 And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, 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 I might have taken her to me to wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way. 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.