1 Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee: 2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: 3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.

4 So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran. 5 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.

6 And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land. 7 And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him. 8 And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Beth-el, and pitched his tent, having Beth-el 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.

10 And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land. 11 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 fair woman to look upon: 12 Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive. 13 Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee.

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. 16 And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and camels. 17 And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram’s wife. 18 And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What 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.

1 耶和华对亚伯兰说： "你要离开本地、本族、父家， 到我指示你的地方去。

2 我必使你成为大国， 赐福给你， 使你的名为大， 你也必使别人得福，

3 给你祝福的， 我必赐福给他； 咒诅你的， 我必咒诅他； 地上的万族， 都必因你得福。"

4 亚伯兰就照着耶和华吩咐他的去了； 罗得也和他同去。

5 亚伯兰离开哈兰的时候， 已经七十五岁。亚伯兰带着他的妻子撒莱和侄儿罗得以及他们在哈兰所积蓄的一切财物， 和所获得的人口， 一同出来， 要到迦南地去。后来他们到了迦南地。

6 亚伯兰穿过那地， 到了示剑的地方， 摩利的橡树那里。当时， 迦南人住在那地。

7 耶和华向亚伯兰显现， 说： "我要把这地赐给你的后裔。"亚伯兰就在那里为向他显现的耶和华筑了一座祭坛。

8 后来他从那里迁到伯特利东边的山地， 搭起帐棚。西边是伯特利， 东边是艾城； 他在那里也为耶和华筑了一座祭坛， 呼求耶和华的名。

9 亚伯兰又起程， 渐渐移到南地去。

10 当时， 那地发生饥荒， 亚伯兰就下到埃及去， 要在那里寄居； 因为那地的饥荒十分严重。

11 快要到达埃及的时候， 亚伯兰对他的妻子撒莱说： "看哪， 我知道你是个美貌的女人。

12 埃及人看见你的时候， 必会说： ‘这是他的妻子’， 他们就会杀我， 却叫你活着。

13 请你说你是我的妹妹， 使我因你的缘故可以平安无事， 我的性命也可以因你的缘故得以保全。"

14 果然， 亚伯兰进入埃及的时候， 埃及人就注视那女人， 因为她十分美丽。

15 法老的一些大臣看见了撒莱， 就在法老面前称赞她； 于是那女人被带进法老的宫里去。

16 亚伯兰因这女人的缘故就被优待， 得了许多牛羊、公驴、母驴、仆婢和骆驼。

17 耶和华因为亚伯兰的妻子撒莱的缘故， 就用严重的灾病打击法老和他的全家。

18 于是， 法老把亚伯兰召了来， 对他说： "你向我作的是什么？你为什么不告诉我她是你的妻子呢？

19 你为什么说她是你的妹妹， 以致我娶了她作妻子呢？现在， 你的妻子在这里， 带她走吧！ "

20 法老吩咐臣仆， 他们就把亚伯兰和他的妻子， 以及他所有的一切都送走了。