| New King James Version | International Standard Version |
| 1Now the LORD had said to Abram: “Get out of your country, From your family And from your father’s house, To a land that I will show you. | 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. |
| 2I will make you a great nation; I will bless you And make your name great; And you shall be a blessing. | 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. |
| 3I will bless those who bless you, And I will curse him who curses you; And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.” | 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." |
| 4So Abram departed as the LORD had spoken to him, and Lot went with him. And Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran. | 4So Abram left there, as the LORD had directed him, and Lot accompanied him. Abram was 75 years old when he left Haran. |
| 5Then Abram took Sarai his wife and Lot his brother’s son, and all their possessions that they had gathered, and the people whom they had acquired in Haran, and they departed to go to the land of Canaan. So they came to the land of Canaan. | 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, |
| 6Abram passed through the land to the place of Shechem, as far as the terebinth tree of Moreh. And the Canaanites were then in the land. | 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. |
| 7Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, “To your descendants I will give this land.” And there he built an altar to the LORD, who had appeared to him. | 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. |
| 8And he moved from there to the mountain east of Bethel, and he pitched 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 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. |
| 9So Abram journeyed, going on still toward the South. | 9Then Abram traveled on, continuing into the Negev. |
| 10Now there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down to Egypt to dwell there, for the famine was severe in the land. | 10There was a famine in the land, so Abram went down to Egypt to live because the famine was so severe. |
| 11And it came to pass, when he was close to entering Egypt, that he said to Sarai his wife, “Indeed I know that you are a woman of beautiful countenance. | 11When he was about to enter Egypt, he told his wife Sarai, "Look, I'm aware that you're a beautiful woman. |
| 12Therefore it will happen, when the Egyptians see you, that they will say, ‘This is his wife’; and they will kill me, but they will let you live. | 12When the Egyptians see you, they will say, 'She is his wife.' Then they'll kill me, but allow you to live. |
| 13Please say you are my sister, that it may be well with me for your sake, and that I may live because of you.” | 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." |
| 14So it was, when Abram came into Egypt, that the Egyptians saw the woman, that she was very beautiful. | 14As Abram was entering Egypt, the Egyptians noticed how beautiful Sarai was. |
| 15The princes of Pharaoh also saw her and commended her to Pharaoh. And the woman was taken to Pharaoh’s house. | 15When Pharaoh's officials saw her, they brought her to the attention of Pharaoh and took the woman to Pharaoh's palace. |
| 16He treated Abram well for her sake. He had sheep, oxen, male donkeys, male and female servants, female donkeys, and camels. | 16He treated Abram well because of her, so Abram acquired sheep, oxen, male and female donkeys, male and female servants, and camels. |
| 17But the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram’s wife. | 17But the LORD afflicted Pharaoh and his household with severe plagues because of Sarai, Abram's wife. |
| 18And Pharaoh called Abram and said, “What is this you have done to me? Why did you not tell me that she was your wife? | 18Pharaoh summoned Abram and asked, "What have you done to me! Why didn't you tell me that she was your wife? |
| 19Why did you say, ‘She is my sister’? I might have taken her as my wife. Now therefore, here is your wife; take her and go your way.” | 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!" |
| 20So Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him; and they sent him away, with his wife and all that he had. | 20So Pharaoh assigned men to Abram, and they escorted him, his wife, and all that he had out of the country. |
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