Genesis 12 - The Scriptures 1998

¹ And יהוה  said to Aḇ

² “And I shall make you a great nation, and bless you and make your name great, and you shall be a blessing!

³ “And I shall bless those who bless you, and curse him who curses you. And in you all the clans of the earth shall be blessed.”

⁴ So Aḇ

⁵ And Aḇ

⁶ And Aḇ

⁷ And יהוה  appeared to Aḇ

⁸ And from there he moved to the mountain east of Bĕ

⁹ And Aḇ

¹⁰ And a scarcity of food came to be in the land, and Aḇ

¹¹ And it came to be, when he was close to entering Mitsrayim, that he said to Sarai his wife, “See, I know that you are a fair woman to look at.

¹² “And it shall be, when the Mitsrites see you, that they shall say, ‘This is his wife.’ And they shall kill me, but let you live.

¹³ “Please say you are my sister, so that it shall be well with me for your sake, and my life be spared because of you.”

¹⁴ And it came to be, when Aḇ

¹⁵ And Pharaoh’s officials saw her and praised her before Pharaoh, and the woman was taken to Pharaoh’s house.

¹⁶ And he treated Aḇ

¹⁷ But יהוה  plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Aḇ

¹⁸ And Pharaoh called Aḇ

¹⁹ “Why did you say, ‘She is my sister’? And so I was going to take her for my wife. Look, here is your wife, take her and go.”

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