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1. The Call of Abram

   (Genesis 26:1–5; Acts 7:1–8)

2. 1UDBThen Yahweh said to Abram, "Leave this country where you are now living. Leave your father's clan and his family, and go to a land that I will show you.BSBBSB: Then the LORD said to Abram, “Leave your country, your kindred, and your father’s household, and go to the land I will show you.
3. 2UDBI will cause your descendants to become a large nation. I will bless you and cause you to become famous. What I do for you will be a blessing to others.BSBBSB: I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.
4. 3UDBI will bless those who bless you, and I will curse those who do evil things to you. I will bless all the clans on earth through you."BSBBSB: I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you; and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you.”
5. 4UDBSo Abram left Haran, as Yahweh told him to do. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left there along with his family and Lot's family.BSBBSB: So Abram departed, as the LORD had directed him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran.
6. 5UDBAbram took his wife Sarai and his nephew Lot; he also took with himself all the possessions and slaves that they had accumulated in Haran. They left from there and went to the land of Canaan.BSBBSB: And Abram took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, and all the possessions and people they had acquired in Haran, and set out for the land of Canaan. When they came to the land of Canaan,
7. 6UDBIn Canaan they traveled as far as Shechem and camped by a tall tree called the tree of Moreh. When this happened, the Canaanite people were living in that land.BSBBSB: Abram traveled through the land as far as the site of the Oak of Moreh at Shechem. And at that time the Canaanites were in the land.
8. 7UDBThen Yahweh appeared to Abram and said to him, "I will give this land to your descendants." Then Abram built an altar to offer a sacrifice to Yahweh, who had appeared to him.BSBBSB: Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your offspring.” So Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.
9. 8UDBFrom Shechem, Abram and his family traveled to the hills that were east of Bethel. Bethel was to the west of where they set up their tent, and Ai was to the east. There he built another altar and offered a sacrifice and worshiped Yahweh there.BSBBSB: From there Abram moved on to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel to the west and Ai to the east. There he built an altar to the LORD, and he called on the name of the LORD.
10. 9UDBThen they left there and continued traveling south to the Negev desert.BSBBSB: And Abram journeyed on toward the Negev.

11. Abram and Sarai in Egypt

12. 10UDBThere was a famine in that land, so they went south to live in the land of Egypt because the lack of food in the land where they were was very severe.BSBBSB: Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe.
13. 11UDBWhen they were coming near to the land of Egypt, Abram said to his wife Sarai, "Listen, I know that you are a very beautiful woman.BSBBSB: As he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, “Look, I know that you are a beautiful woman,
14. 12UDBWhen the people in Egypt see you, they will say, 'This woman is his wife!' and they will kill me, but they will not kill you.BSBBSB: and when the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife.’ Then they will kill me but will let you live.
15. 13UDBSo I ask you to tell them that you are my sister, so that I will be safe and so they will spare my life because of you."BSBBSB: Please say you are my sister, so that I will be treated well for your sake, and on account of you my life will be spared.”
16. 14UDBAnd that was what happened. As soon as they arrived in Egypt, the people in Egypt saw that his wife was indeed very beautiful.BSBBSB: So when Abram entered Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful.
17. 15UDBWhen the king's officials saw her, they told the king how beautiful she was. Then the king took her into his palace.BSBBSB: When Pharaoh’s officials saw Sarai, they commended her to him, and she was taken into the palace of Pharaoh.
18. 16UDBThe king treated Abram kindly because of Sarai, and he gave Abram sheep and cattle and donkeys and male and female slaves and camels.BSBBSB: He treated Abram well on her account, and Abram acquired sheep and cattle, male and female donkeys, menservants and maidservants, and camels.
19. 17UDBBut because the king had taken Sarai, Abram's wife, Yahweh caused the king and the others in his household to be inflicted with terrible diseases.BSBBSB: The LORD, however, afflicted Pharaoh and his household with severe plagues because of Abram’s wife Sarai.
20. 18UDBSo the king summoned Abram and said to him, "You have done a terrible thing to me! Why did you not tell me that she was your wife?BSBBSB: So Pharaoh summoned Abram and asked, “What have you done to me? Why didn’t you tell me she was your wife?
21. 19UDBWhy did you say that she is your sister, so that I took her to be my wife? You should not have done that! So now take your wife, leave here and go!"BSBBSB: Why did you say, ‘She is my sister,’ so that I took her as my wife? Now then, here is your wife. Take her and go!”
22. 20UDBThen the king ordered his officials to take Abram and his wife and all his possessions out of Egypt.BSBBSB: Then Pharaoh gave his men orders concerning Abram, and they sent him away with his wife and all his possessions.