Gênesis 12

Abrão, chamado de Deus, vai a Canaã

1 Ora, disse *At 7.3;Hb 11.8Jeová a Abrão: Sai-te da tua terra, da tua parentela e da casa de teu pai para a terra que te mostrarei; 2 *Gn 17.4-5;18.18farei de ti uma grande nação, e te *Gn 22.17abençoarei, e engrandecerei o teu nome. *Zc 8.13Sê tu uma bênção. 3 *Gn 27.29Abençoarei os que te abençoarem e amaldiçoarei aquele que te amaldiçoar; *At 3.25;Gl 3.8por meio de ti, serão benditas todas as famílias da terra. 4 Partiu, pois, Abrão, como Jeová lhe ordenara, e *Gn 11.27,31foi com ele Ló; tinha Abrão setenta e cinco anos quando saiu de Harã. 5 Abrão levou consigo a Sarai, sua mulher, e a Ló, filho de seu irmão, e todos os *Gn 13.6bens que tinham adquirido, e as *Gn 14.14;Lv 22.11almas que lhes acresceram em Harã; saíram para ir à terra de Canaã; e lá chegaram. 6 Atravessou Abrão a terra até o lugar de *Gn 35.4;Dt 11.30Siquém, até o terebinto de Moré. Nesse tempo, estavam os cananeus na terra. 7 *Gn 17.1;18.1Apareceu Jeová a Abrão e disse: *Gn 13.15;15.18;Gl 3.16À tua semente darei esta terra. Ali, edificou Abrão *Gn 13.18;22.9um altar a Jeová, que lhe aparecera. 8 Passando dali para o monte ao oriente de Betel, levantou a sua tenda, ficando-lhe *Js 8.9,12Betel ao ocidente, e Ai, ao oriente; ali, edificou um altar a Jeová e *Gn 4.26;21.33invocou o nome de Jeová. 9 Continuou Abrão o seu caminho, indo sempre para o *Gn 13.1,3;20.1;24.62Neguebe.

Abrão desce ao Egito

10 Havia fome naquela terra; Abrão, pois, desceu ao Egito para peregrinar ali, porquanto era grande a fome na terra. 11 Quando ele estava quase a entrar no Egito, disse a Sarai, sua mulher: Ora, bem sei que és *Gn 26.7;29.17mulher formosa à vista. 12 *Gn 20.11Acontecerá que, quando os egípcios te virem, hão de dizer: Esta é a mulher dele, e me matarão a mim, mas a ti te guardarão em vida. 13 Dize, pois, que és minha *Gn 20.2,5,12irmã; para que me vá bem por tua causa, e para que viva *Jr 38.17,20a minha alma em atenção a ti. 14 Tendo Abrão entrado no Egito, viram os egípcios que a mulher era em extremo formosa. 15 Os príncipes de Faraó viram-na e gabaram-na diante de Faraó; e *Gn 20.2foi levada a mulher para a casa de Faraó. 16 Ele *Gn 20.14tratou bem a Abrão por amor dela; e *Gn 13.2este veio a ter ovelhas, bois, jumentos, servos, servas, jumentas e camelos. 17 Mas *Sl 105.14feriu Jeová a Faraó e a sua casa com grandes pragas por causa de Sarai, mulher de Abrão. 18 Então, chamou Faraó a Abrão e disse: *Gn 20.9-10Que é isso que me fizeste? Por que não me disseste que ela era tua mulher? 19 Por que disseste: É minha irmã? Assim a tomei para ser minha mulher. Agora, pois, eis tua mulher; toma-a e vai-te. 20 Faraó deu ordens à sua gente a respeito dele, e o conduziram pelo caminho, a ele, sua mulher e tudo o que tinha.

1 Now Yahweh said to Abram, "Leave your country, and your relatives, and your father’s house, and go to the land that I will show you. 2 I will make of you a great nation. I will bless you and make your name great. You will be a blessing. 3 I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who treats you with contempt. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you."

4 So Abram went, as Yahweh had told him. Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran. 5 Abram took Sarai his wife, Lot his brother’s son, all their possessions that they had gathered, and the people whom they had acquired in Haran, and they went to go into the land of Canaan. They entered into the land of Canaan. 6 Abram passed through the land to the place of Shechem, to the oak of Moreh. At that time, Canaanites were in the land.

7 Yahweh appeared to Abram and said, "I will give this land to your offspring."*12:7 or, seed

He built an altar there to Yahweh, who had appeared to him. 8 He left from there to go to the mountain on the east of Bethel and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Ai on the east. There he built an altar to Yahweh and called on Yahweh’s name. 9 Abram traveled, still going on toward the South.

10 There was a famine in the land. Abram went down into Egypt to live as a foreigner there, for the famine was severe in the land. 11 When he had come near to enter Egypt, he said to Sarai his wife, "See now, I know that you are a beautiful woman to look at. 12 It will happen that when the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife.’ They will kill me, but they will save you alive. 13 Please say that you are my sister, that it may be well with me for your sake, and that my soul may live because of you."

14 When Abram had come into Egypt, some Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful. 15 The princes of Pharaoh saw her, and praised her to Pharaoh; and the woman was taken into Pharaoh’s house. 16 He dealt well with Abram for her sake. He had sheep, cattle, male donkeys, male servants, female servants, female donkeys, and camels. 17 Yahweh afflicted Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram’s wife. 18 Pharaoh called Abram and said, "What is this that you have done to me? Why didn’t you tell me that she was your wife? 19 Why did you say, ‘She is my sister,’ so that I took her to be my wife? Now therefore, see your wife, take her, and go your way."

20 Pharaoh commanded men concerning him, and they escorted him away with his wife and all that he had.