| English Standard Version | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1Now the LORD said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. | 1The LORD said to Abram: Go out from your land, your relatives, and your father's house to the land that I will show you. |
| 2And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. | 2I will make you into a great nation, I will bless you, I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. |
| 3I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.” | 3I will bless those who bless you, I will curse those who treat you with contempt, and all the peoples on earth will be blessed through you. |
| 4So Abram went, as the LORD had told him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran. | 4So Abram went, as the LORD had told him, and Lot went with him. Abram was 75 years old when he left Haran. |
| 5And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother’s son, and all their possessions that they had gathered, and the people that they had acquired in Haran, and they set out to go to the land of Canaan. When they came to the land of Canaan, | 5He took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, all the possessions they had accumulated, and the people he had acquired in Haran, and they set out for the land of Canaan. When they came to the land of Canaan, |
| 6Abram passed through the land to the place at Shechem, to the oak of Moreh. At that time the Canaanites were in the land. | 6Abram passed through the land to the site of Shechem, at the oak of Moreh. At that time the Canaanites were in the land. |
| 7Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, “To your offspring I will give this land.” So he built there an altar to the LORD, who had appeared to him. | 7Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, "I will give this land to your offspring." So he built an altar there to the LORD who had appeared to him. |
| 8From there he moved to the hill country on the east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. And there he built an altar to the LORD and called upon the name of the LORD. | 8From there he moved on to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. He built an altar to Yahweh there, and he called on the name of Yahweh. |
| 9And Abram journeyed on, still going toward the Negeb. | 9Then Abram journeyed by stages to the Negev. |
| 10Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there, for the famine was severe in the land. | 10There was a famine in the land, so Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine in the land was severe. |
| 11When he was about to enter Egypt, he said to Sarai his wife, “I know that you are a woman beautiful in appearance, | 11When he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, "Look, I know what a beautiful woman you are. |
| 12and when the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife.’ Then they will kill me, but they will let you live. | 12When the Egyptians see you, they will say, 'This is his wife.' They will kill me but let you live. |
| 13Say you are my sister, that it may go well with me because of you, and that my life may be spared for your sake.” | 13Please say you're my sister so it will go well for me because of you, and my life will be spared on your account." |
| 14When Abram entered Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful. | 14When Abram entered Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful. |
| 15And when the princes of Pharaoh saw her, they praised her to Pharaoh. And the woman was taken into Pharaoh’s house. | 15Pharaoh's officials saw her and praised her to Pharaoh, so the woman was taken to Pharaoh's household. |
| 16And for her sake he dealt well with Abram; and he had sheep, oxen, male donkeys, male servants, female servants, female donkeys, and camels. | 16He treated Abram well because of her, and Abram acquired flocks and herds, male and female donkeys, male and female slaves, and camels. |
| 17But the LORD afflicted Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram’s wife. | 17But the LORD struck Pharaoh and his household with severe plagues because of Abram's wife Sarai. |
| 18So Pharaoh called Abram and said, “What is this you have done to me? Why did you not tell me that she was your wife? | 18So Pharaoh sent for Abram and said, "What have you done to me? Why didn't you tell me she was your wife? |
| 19Why did you say, ‘She is my sister,’ so that I took her for my wife? Now then, here is your wife; take her, and go.” | 19Why did you say, 'She's my sister,' so that I took her as my wife? Now, here is your wife. Take her and go!" |
| 20And Pharaoh gave men orders concerning him, and they sent him away with his wife and all that he had. | 20Then Pharaoh gave his men orders about him, and they sent him away with his wife and all he had. |
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