BERESHITH (GENESIS) 12

Gen 12:1 And יהוה said to Aḇram, “Go yourself out of your land, from your
relatives and from your father’s house, to a land which I show you.
Gen 12:2 “And I shall make you a great nation, and bless you and make your
name great, and you shall be a blessing!
Gen 12:3 “And I shall bless those who bless you, and curse him who curses
you. And in you all the clans of the earth shall be blessed.”
Gen 12:4 So Aḇram left, as יהוה had commanded him, and Lot went with
him. And Aḇram was seventy-five years old when he set out from Ḥaran.
Gen 12:5 And Aḇram took Sarai his wife and Lot his brother’s son, and all
their possessions that they had gathered, and the beings whom they had
acquired in Ḥaran, and they set out for the land of Kena‛an. And they came to
the land of Kena‛an.
Gen 12:6 And Aḇram passed through the land to the place of Sheḵem, as far
as the terebinth tree of Moreh. At that time the Kena‛anites were in the land.
Gen 12:7 And יהוה appeared to Aḇram and said, “To your seed I give this
land.” And he built there an altar to יהוה, who had appeared to him.
Gen 12:8 And from there he moved to the mountain east of Bĕyth Ĕl, and he
pitched his tent, with Bĕyth Ĕl on the west and Ai on the east. And he built
there an altar to יהוה, and called on the Name of יהוה.
Gen 12:9 And Aḇram set out, continuing toward the South.
Gen 12:10 And a scarcity of food came to be in the land, and Aḇram went
down to Mitsrayim to dwell there, for the scarcity of food was severe in the
land.
Gen 12:11 And it came to be, when he was close to entering Mitsrayim, that
he said to Sarai his wife, “See, I know that you are a fair woman to look at.
Gen 12:12 “And it shall be, when the Mitsrites see you, that they shall say,
‘This is his wife.’ And they shall kill me, but let you live.
Gen 12:13 “Please say you are my sister, so that it shall be well with me for
your sake, and my life be spared because of you.”
Gen 12:14 And it came to be, when Aḇram came into Mitsrayim, that the
Mitsrites saw the woman, that she was very fair.
Gen 12:15 And Pharaoh’s officials saw her and praised her before Pharaoh,
and the woman was taken to Pharaoh’s house.
Gen 12:16 And he treated Aḇram well for her sake, and he had sheep, and
cattle, and male donkeys, and male and female servants, and female donkeys,
and camels.
Gen 12:17 But יהוה plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues
because of Sarai, Aḇram’s wife.
Gen 12:18 And Pharaoh called Aḇram and said, “What is this you have done
to me? Why did you not inform me that she was your wife?
Gen 12:19 “Why did you say, ‘She is my sister’? And so I was going to take
her for my wife. Look, here is your wife, take her and go.”
Gen 12:20 And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him, and they sent
him away, with his wife and all that he had.