| NET Bible | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1Now the LORD said to Abram, "Go out from your country, your relatives, and your father's household 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. |
| 2Then I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you, and I will make your name great, so that you will exemplify divine 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, but the one who treats you lightly I must curse, and all the families of the earth will bless one another by your name." | 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, just as the LORD had told him to do, and Lot went with him. (Now Abram was 75 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 his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, and all the possessions they had accumulated and the people they had acquired in Haran, and they left for the land of Canaan. They entered 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 as far as the oak tree of Moreh at Shechem. (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. |
| 7The LORD appeared to Abram and said, "To your descendants I will give this land." So Abram built an altar there 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. |
| 8Then he moved from there to the hill country 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 worshiped 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. |
| 9Abram continually journeyed by stages down to the Negev. | 9Then Abram journeyed by stages to the Negev. |
| 10There was a famine in the land, so Abram went down to Egypt to stay for a while because the famine was 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. |
| 11As he approached Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, "Look, I know that you are 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, 'This is his wife.' Then they will kill me but will keep you alive. | 12When the Egyptians see you, they will say, 'This is his wife.' They will kill me but let you live. |
| 13So tell them you are my sister so that it may go well for me because of you and my life will be spared on account of you." | 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. |
| 15When Pharaoh's officials saw her, they praised her to Pharaoh. So Abram's wife was taken into the household of Pharaoh, | 15Pharaoh's officials saw her and praised her to Pharaoh, so the woman was taken to Pharaoh's household. |
| 16and he did treat Abram well on account of her. Abram received sheep and cattle, 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 struck Pharaoh and his household with severe diseases 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 summoned Abram and said, "What is this you have 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 to be my wife? 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!" |
| 20Pharaoh gave his men orders about Abram, and so they expelled him, along with his wife and all his possessions. | 20Then Pharaoh gave his men orders about him, and they sent him away with his wife and all he had. |
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