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Now the \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w** 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:

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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:

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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.

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So Abram departed, as the \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w** had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was* seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.

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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.

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¶ And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was* then in the land.

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And the \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w** appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w**, who appeared unto him.

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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 \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w**, and called upon the name of the \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w**.

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And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south.

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¶ 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.

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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:

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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.

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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.

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¶ And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was* very fair.

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The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh’s house.

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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.

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And the \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w** plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram’s wife.

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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?

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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.

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And Pharaoh commanded his* men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had.