| International Standard Version | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1The LORD told Abram, "You are to leave your land, your relatives, and your father's house and go to the land that I'm going to 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. |
| 2I'll make a great nation of your descendants, I'll bless you, and I'll make your reputation 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'll bless those who bless you, but I'll curse the one who curses you, and through you all the people of the earth will 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 left there, as the LORD had directed him, and Lot accompanied him. Abram was 75 years old when he left Haran. | 4So Abram went, as the LORD had told him, and Lot went with him. Abram was 75 years old when he left Haran. |
| 5Abram took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, all the possessions they had accumulated, and the servants he had acquired while living in Haran. Then they set out to go to the land of Canaan. When they arrived in 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 traveled through the land to the place called Shechem, as far as 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, "I'll give this land to your descendants." So Abram built 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 Abram traveled on to the hill country east of Bethel and set up 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. | 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. |
| 9Then Abram traveled on, continuing into the Negev. | 9Then Abram journeyed by stages to the Negev. |
| 10There was a famine in the land, so Abram went down to Egypt to live because the famine was so severe. | 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 told his wife Sarai, "Look, I'm aware that you're a beautiful woman. | 11When he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, "Look, I know what a beautiful woman you are. |
| 12When the Egyptians see you, they will say, 'She is his wife.' Then they'll kill me, but allow you to live. | 12When the Egyptians see you, they will say, 'This is his wife.' They will kill me but let you live. |
| 13Please say that you are my sister, so things will go well for me for your sake. That way, you'll be saving my life." | 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." |
| 14As Abram was entering Egypt, the Egyptians noticed how beautiful Sarai was. | 14When Abram entered Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful. |
| 15When Pharaoh's officials saw her, they brought her to the attention of Pharaoh and took the woman to Pharaoh's palace. | 15Pharaoh's officials saw her and praised her to Pharaoh, so the woman was taken to Pharaoh's household. |
| 16He treated Abram well because of her, so Abram acquired sheep, oxen, male and female donkeys, male and female servants, 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 household with severe plagues because of Sarai, Abram's wife. | 17But the LORD struck Pharaoh and his household with severe plagues because of Abram's wife Sarai. |
| 18Pharaoh summoned Abram and asked, "What have you done to me! Why didn't you 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 as a wife for myself? Now, here is your wife! Take her and get out!" | 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!" |
| 20So Pharaoh assigned men to Abram, and they escorted him, his wife, and all that he had out of the country. | 20Then Pharaoh gave his men orders about him, and they sent him away with his wife and all he had. |
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