Genesis.12

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Gen.12.1

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:

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GOD told Abram: "Leave your country, your family, and your father's home for a land that I will show you.

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The LORD had said to Abram, "Leave your country, your people and your father's household and go to the land I will show you.

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Now the LORD had said to Abram: "Get out of your country, From your family And from your father's house, To a land that I will show you.

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Then the LORD told Abram, "Leave your country, your relatives, and your father's house, and go to the land that I will show you.

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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:

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I'll make you a great nation and bless you. I'll make you famous; you'll be a blessing.

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"I will make you into a great nation and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing.

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I will make you a great nation; I will bless you And make your name great; And you shall be a blessing.

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I will cause you to become the father of a great nation. I will bless you and make you famous, and I will make you a blessing to others.

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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.

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I'll bless those who bless you; those who curse you I'll curse. All the families of the Earth will be blessed through you."

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I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you."

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I will bless those who bless you, And I will curse him who curses you; And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed."

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I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you."

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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.

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So Abram left just as GOD said, and Lot left with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran.

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So Abram left, as the LORD had told him; and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he set out from Haran.

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So Abram departed as the LORD had spoken to him, and Lot went with him. And Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran.

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So Abram departed as the LORD had instructed him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran.

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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.

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Abram took his wife Sarai and his nephew Lot with him, along with all the possessions and people they had gotten in Haran, and set out for the land of Canaan and arrived safe and sound.

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He took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, all the possessions they had accumulated and the people they had acquired in Haran, and they set out for the land of Canaan, and they arrived there.

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Then Abram took Sarai his wife and Lot his brother's son, and all their possessions that they had gathered, and the people whom they had acquired in Haran, and they departed to go to the land of Canaan. So they came to the land of Canaan.

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He took his wife, Sarai, his nephew Lot, and all his wealth--his livestock and all the people who had joined his household at Haran--and finally arrived in Canaan.

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And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.

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Abram passed through the country as far as Shechem and the Oak of Moreh. At that time the Canaanites occupied the land.

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Abram traveled through the land as far as the site of the great tree of Moreh at Shechem. At that time the Canaanites were in the land.

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Abram passed through the land to the place of Shechem, as far as the terebinth tree of Moreh. And the Canaanites were then in the land.

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Traveling through Canaan, they came to a place near Shechem and set up camp beside the oak at Moreh. At that time, the area was inhabited by Canaanites.

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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.

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GOD appeared to Abram and said, "I will give this land to your children." Abram built an altar at the place GOD had appeared to him.

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The LORD appeared to Abram and said, "To your offspring I will give this land." So he built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.

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Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, "To your descendants I will give this land." And there he built an altar to the LORD, who had appeared to him.

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Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, "I am going to give this land to your offspring. "And Abram built an altar there to commemorate the LORD's visit.

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And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel 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.

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He moved on from there to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent between Bethel to the west and Ai to the east. He built an altar there and prayed to GOD.

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From there he went on toward the hills east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. There he built an altar to the LORD and called on the name of the LORD.

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And he moved from there to the mountain east of Bethel, and he pitched his tent with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east; there he built an altar to the LORD and called on the name of the LORD.

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After that, Abram traveled southward and set up camp in the hill country between Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. There he built an altar and worshiped the LORD.

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And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south.

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Abram kept moving, steadily making his way south, to the Negev.

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Then Abram set out and continued toward the Negev.

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So Abram journeyed, going on still toward the South.

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Then Abram traveled south by stages toward the Negev.

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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.

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Then a famine came to the land. Abram went down to Egypt to live; it was a hard famine.

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Now there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe.

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Now there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down to Egypt to dwell there, for the famine was severe in the land.

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At that time there was a severe famine in the land, so Abram went down to Egypt to wait it out.

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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:

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As he drew near to Egypt, he said to his wife, Sarai, "Look. We both know that you're a beautiful woman.

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As he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, "I know what a beautiful woman you are.

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And it came to pass, when he was close to entering Egypt, that he said to Sarai his wife, "Indeed I know that you are a woman of beautiful countenance.

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As he was approaching the borders of Egypt, Abram said to Sarai, "You are a very beautiful woman.

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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.

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When the Egyptians see you they're going to say, "Aha! That's his wife!' and kill me. But they'll let you live.

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When the Egyptians see you, they will say, 'This is his wife.' Then they will kill me but will let you live.

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Therefore it will happen, when the Egyptians see you, that they will say, "This is his wife'; and they will kill me, but they will let you live.

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When the Egyptians see you, they will say, `This is his wife. Let's kill him; then we can have her!'

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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.

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Do me a favor: tell them you're my sister. Because of you, they'll welcome me and let me live."

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Say you are my sister, so that I will be treated well for your sake and my life will be spared because of you."

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Please say you are my sister, that it may be well with me for your sake, and that I may live because of you."

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But if you say you are my sister, then the Egyptians will treat me well because of their interest in you, and they will spare my life."

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And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair.

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When Abram arrived in Egypt, the Egyptians took one look and saw that his wife was stunningly beautiful.

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When Abram came to Egypt, the Egyptians saw that she was a very beautiful woman.

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So it was, when Abram came into Egypt, that the Egyptians saw the woman, that she was very beautiful.

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And sure enough, when they arrived in Egypt, everyone spoke of her beauty.

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The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.

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Pharaoh's princes raved over her to Pharaoh. She was taken to live with Pharaoh.

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And when Pharaoh's officials saw her, they praised her to Pharaoh, and she was taken into his palace.

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The princes of Pharaoh also saw her and commended her to Pharaoh. And the woman was taken to Pharaoh's house.

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When the palace officials saw her, they sang her praises to their king, the pharaoh, and she was taken into his harem.

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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.

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Because of her, Abram got along very well: he accumulated sheep and cattle, male and female donkeys, men and women servants, and camels.

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He treated Abram well for her sake, and Abram acquired sheep and cattle, male and female donkeys, menservants and maidservants, and camels.

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He treated Abram well for her sake. He had sheep, oxen, male donkeys, male and female servants, female donkeys, and camels.

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Then Pharaoh gave Abram many gifts because of her--sheep, cattle, donkeys, male and female servants, and camels.

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And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram's wife.

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But GOD hit Pharaoh hard because of Abram's wife Sarai; everybody in the palace got seriously sick.

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But the LORD inflicted serious diseases on Pharaoh and his household because of Abram's wife Sarai.

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But the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram's wife.

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But the LORD sent a terrible plague upon Pharaoh's household because of Sarai, Abram's wife.

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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?

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Pharaoh called for Abram, "What's this that you've done to me? Why didn't you tell me that she's your wife?

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So Pharaoh summoned Abram. "What have you done to me?" he said. "Why didn't you tell me she was your wife?

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And Pharaoh called Abram and said, "What is this you have done to me? Why did you not tell me that she was your wife?

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So Pharaoh called for Abram and accused him sharply. "What is this you have done to me?" he demanded. "Why didn't you tell me she was your wife?

Gen.12.19

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.

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Why did you say, "She's my sister' so that I'd take her as my wife? Here's your wife back--take her and get out!"

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Why did you say, 'She is my sister,' so that I took her to be my wife? Now then, here is your wife. Take her and go!"

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Why did you say, "She is my sister'? I might have taken her as my wife. Now therefore, here is your wife; take her and go your way."

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Why were you willing to let me marry her, saying she was your sister? Here is your wife! Take her and be gone!"

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And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had.

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Pharaoh ordered his men to get Abram out of the country. They sent him and his wife and everything he owned on their way.

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Then Pharaoh gave orders about Abram to his men, and they sent him on his way, with his wife and everything he had.

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So Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him; and they sent him away, with his wife and all that he had.

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Pharaoh then sent them out of the country under armed escort--Abram and his wife, with all their household and belongings.

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