King James Version
The Book of Genesis
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Now the LORD had said unto 1Abram, 2Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will show thee: |
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And I will make of thee a great 1nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: |
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And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and 1in thee shall all families of the earth be 2blessed. |
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So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and 1Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of 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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And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of 1Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land. |
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And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, 1Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an 2altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him. |
| 8 | 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. |
| 9 | And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south. |
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And there was a 1famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land.
1 Gen 26:1
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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 1fair woman to look upon:
1 Gen 26:7
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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 1kill me, but they will save thee alive. |
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Say, I pray thee, thou art my 1sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee.
1 Gen 20:2
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| 14 | And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair. |
| 15 | 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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And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had 1sheep, and oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and camels. |
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And the LORD 1plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram's wife. |
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And Pharaoh called Abram and said, 1What is this that thou hast done unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife? |
| 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. |
| 20 | And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had. |
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