Genesis 12
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Abram leaves Haran
12 The Lord had said to Abram, ‘Leave your country and the people of your father's family. Go to the land that I will show you.[a]
2 I will cause your descendants to become a great nation. I will bless you. Everyone will know your name. You will bring my blessing to other people. 3 I will bless those people who bless you. But I will curse anyone who insults you. Through you, I will bless all the families of people on the earth.’[b]
4 Abram did what the Lord had told him. He left Haran. Abram was 75 years old when he left Haran. Lot went with him. 5 Abram took his wife Sarai, and his nephew Lot. He took everything that belonged to them. He also took the people that worked for them in Haran. They all left to go to the land of Canaan.
When they arrived in Canaan, 6 Abram walked through the land. He went as far as Shechem, to the special oak tree of Moreh. At that time, Canaanites lived in this land. 7 The Lord appeared to Abram there. He said, ‘I will give this land to your descendants.’ So Abram built an altar in that place to worship the Lord.[c] He did that because the Lord had appeared to him.
8 Then Abram left Shechem. He went to the hills that are on the east of Bethel. He put up his tent in that place. Bethel was towards the west, and Ai was towards the east. Abram also built an altar there to worship the Lord.
9 Then Abram took his tent and he left that place. He continued to travel towards the Negev.[d]
Abram and Sarai in Egypt
10 There was a famine in the land of Canaan. So Abram went to live in Egypt for some time, because the famine was very bad.[e]
11 When Abram came near to Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, ‘Listen to me. I know that you are a very beautiful woman. 12 When the Egyptians see you they will say, “This is Abram's wife.” Then they will kill me, but they will let you live.[f] 13 So tell them that you are my sister. Then they will do good things to me, because they want to please you. They will not kill me because they will think that you are my sister.’
14 When Abram arrived in Egypt, the people saw that Sarai was a very beautiful woman. 15 The king's officers saw her. They told Pharaoh that she was very beautiful. They took her to the king's palace.[g]
16 Pharaoh did good things to help Abram because of Sarai. He gave Abram sheep, cows, donkeys and camels. He also gave Abram male servants and female servants.
17 But the Lord made Pharaoh and the people in his palace very ill. The Lord did this because the king had taken Abram's wife Sarai. 18 So Pharaoh called Abram to come to him. Pharaoh said, ‘You have done this bad thing to me! You did not tell me that Sarai is your wife! Why not? 19 You told me “She is my sister”. As a result, I took her to be my wife. Now, here is your wife. Take her and go away!’
20 Pharaoh told his officers what to do with Abram. They sent Abram away, with his wife and everything that belonged to them.
Footnotes
- 12:1 The Lord had said this to Abram when he lived in Ur, among the Chaldeans. See Joshua 24:2.
- 12:3 Jesus Christ is a descendant of Abram. Through Jesus, God blesses all the nations and families of people on the earth.
- 12:7 The Canaanites did not worship God. The oak tree of Moreh was a place where the Canaanites worshipped false gods. Abram built an altar to worship God. The Canaanites would see that Abram worshipped the Lord. But Abram was not afraid. He knew that this place belonged to God.
- 12:9 The Negev is a dry land. It is between Egypt and Canaan.
- 12:10 Egypt did not often have a famine because the River Nile went through the land.
- 12:12 Abram thinks that the king of Egypt might want to take Sarai as one of his wives. If he knows that Sarai is Abram's wife, the king will have to kill Abram.
- 12:15 A palace is a large house for a king.
Нач 12
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Избрание Ибрама Аллахом для благословения всех народов
12 Вечный сказал Ибраму:
– Оставь свою страну, своих родственников и дом своего отца и иди в землю, которую Я тебе укажу. 2 Я произведу от тебя великий народ и благословлю тебя; Я возвеличу твоё имя, и ты будешь благословением. 3 Я благословлю тех, кто благословляет тебя, и прокляну тех, кто проклинает тебя; и через тебя получат благословение все народы на земле.[a]
4 И Ибрам отправился в путь, как сказал ему Вечный, и Лут пошёл вместе с ним. Ибраму было семьдесят пять лет, когда он ушёл из Харрана. 5 Он взял с собой жену Сару, племянника Лута, всё имущество, которое они нажили, и людей, которых они приобрели в Харране. Они отправились в землю Ханаана и пришли туда.
6 Ибрам прошёл по этой земле до того места в Шехеме, где стояло великое дерево Море; в то время там жили хананеи. 7 Вечный явился Ибраму и сказал: «Я дам эту землю твоему потомству[b]». Ибрам построил там жертвенник Вечному, Который явился ему.
8 Оттуда он двинулся в горную местность к востоку от Вефиля и поставил шатёр между Вефилем на западе и Гаем на востоке. Там он построил жертвенник Вечному, где и стал поклоняться Ему. 9 Затем Ибрам снялся с места и продолжил путь к Негеву.
Переселение Ибрама и Сары в Египет
10 На земле был голод, и Ибрам направился жить в Египет[c], потому что голод был очень силён. 11 Когда они подходили к Египту, он сказал жене Саре:
– Я знаю, что ты красивая женщина. 12 Когда египтяне увидят тебя, они скажут: «Это его жена» – и убьют меня, а тебя оставят в живых. 13 Скажи, что ты моя сестра, чтобы ради тебя меня приняли хорошо, и благодаря тебе я остался бы жив.
14 Когда Ибрам пришёл в Египет, египтяне увидели, что Сара очень красива, 15 а когда её увидели придворные фараона, они расхвалили её фараону, и Сару взяли к нему во дворец. 16 Он хорошо принял Ибрама ради неё, и Ибрам приобрёл мелкий и крупный скот, ослов и ослиц, слуг и служанок, и верблюдов.
17 Но Вечный поразил фараона и весь его дом тяжёлыми болезнями из-за жены Ибрама Сары. 18 Тогда фараон вызвал Ибрама и спросил:
– Что ты сделал со мной? Почему ты не сказал мне, что она твоя жена? 19 Зачем ты сказал: «Она моя сестра»? Только из-за этого я взял её себе в жёны. Вот твоя жена. Забирай её и уходи!
20 Фараон распорядился, и его люди отправили Ибрама в дорогу, вместе с женой и всем, что у него было.
Genesis 12
King James Version
12 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 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.
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.
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