God calleth Abram, and blesseth him with a promise of Christ.

1 ¶ Now the LORDº had saidºª unto² Abram,º Get thee out¹ª² of thy country,º² and from thy kindred,º² and from thy father's¹ house,º²² unto² a landº that² I will shewºª thee: 2 And I will make² of thee¹ª a greatº nation,º and I will blessºª thee, and make¹ª thy name¹ great;ºª² and thou shalt be² a blessing:º 3 And I will blessºª them that blessºª thee, and curseºª him that cursethºª thee: and in thee shall all² familiesº of the earthº be blessed.ºª

He departeth with Lot from Haran.

4 So Abramº departed,¹ª² as² the LORDº had spokenºª unto² him; and Lotº went¹ª² with² him: and Abramº [was] seventyº¹ and fiveº yearsº oldº when he departedºª out of Haran.º² 5 And Abramº tookºª² Saraiº his wife,º and Lotº his brother'sº son,º and all² their substanceº that² they had gathered,ºª and the soulsº that² they had gottenºª in Haran;º and they went forthºª to go¹ª² into the landº of Canaan;º and into the landº of Canaanº they came.ºª

He journeyeth through Canaan,

6 ¶ And Abramº passed throughºª the landº unto² the placeº of Sichem,º unto² the plainº of Moreh.º And the Canaaniteº [was] thenº in the land.º

which is promised him in a vision.

7 And the LORDº appearedºª unto² Abram,º and said,ºª Unto thy seedº will I giveºª² thisº land:º and there² buildedºª he an altarº unto the LORD,º who appearedºª unto² him. 8 And he removedºª from thence²² unto a mountainº on the eastº² of Bethel,º and pitchedºª his tent,º [having] Bethelº on the west,º² and Haiº on the east:º² and there² he buildedºª an altarº unto the LORD,º and calledºª upon the nameº of the LORD.º 9 And Abramº journeyed,ºª going onºª stillºª toward the south.º

He is driven by a famine into Egypt:

10 ¶ And there was² a famineº in the land:º and Abramº went downºª into Egyptº to sojournºª there;² for² the famineº [was] grievousº in the land.º

fear maketh him feign his wife to be his sister.

11 And it came to pass,² whenº he was come nearºª to enterºª into Egypt,º that he saidºª unto² Saraiº his wife,º Beholdº now,º I knowºª that² thou² [art] a fairº womanº to look upon:º 12 Therefore it shall come to pass,² when² the Egyptiansº shall seeºª thee, that they shall say,ºª This² [is] his wife:º and they will killºª me, but they will save thee alive.ºª 13 Say,ºª I pray thee,º thou² [art] my sister:º thatº it may be wellºª with me for thy sake;² and my soulº shall liveºª because of² thee.¹

Pharaoh, having taken her from him, by plagues is compelled to restore her.

14 ¶ And it came to pass,² that, when Abramº was comeºª into Egypt,º the Egyptiansº beheldºª² the womanº that² she² [was] veryº fair.º 15 The princesº also of Pharaohº sawºª her, and commendedºª her beforeº Pharaoh:º and the womanº was takenºª into Pharaoh'sº house.º 16 And he entreated¹ª Abram¹ wellºª² for her sake:² and he had² sheep,º and oxen,º and he asses,º and menservants,º and maidservants,º and she asses,º and camels.º 17 And the LORDº plaguedºª² Pharaohº and his houseº with greatº plaguesº because ofº² Saraiº Abram'sº wife.º 18 And Pharaohº calledºª Abram,º and said,ºª What² [is] this² [that] thou hast doneºª unto me? why² didst thou not² tellºª me that² she² [was] thy wife?º 19 Why² saidst² thou,¹ª She² [is] my sister?º so I might have takenºª her to me to wife:º now therefore² behold² thy wife,º takeºª [her], and go thy way.¹ª² 20 And Pharaohº commandedºª [his] men¹² concerning² him: and they sent him away,ºª² and his wife,º and all² that² he had.