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1. The Call of Abram

   (Genesis 26:1–5; Acts 7:1–8)

2. 1ULTThen Yahweh said to Abram,“You yourself must go from your land and from your relatives and from the house of your father, to the 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. 2ULTAnd I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you, and I will make your name great, and you shall be a blessing.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. 3ULTAnd I will bless those who bless you, but whoever curses you I will curse. And in you all the families of the earth will be blessed.”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. 4ULTThen Abram went, just as Yahweh had told him, and Lot went with him. And Abram was the son of seventy- five years when he departed from Haran.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. 5ULTAnd Abram took Sarai his wife and Lot the son of his brother and all their possessions that they had accumulated and the people whom they had acquired in Haran, and they set out to go to the land of Canaan. Then they came 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. 6ULTThen Abram passed through the land as far as the place of Shechem, to the terebinth tree of Moreh. And the Canaanites{ were} in the land at that time.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. 7ULTThen Yahweh appeared to Abram and said,“To your offspring I will give this land.” So he built an altar there 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. 8ULTThen from there he went on to the mountains to the east of Bethel and pitched his tents,{ with} Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. And there he built an altar to Yahweh, and he called on the name of Yahweh.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. 9ULTThen Abram set out and continued to travel toward the Negev.BSBBSB: And Abram journeyed on toward the Negev.

11. Abram and Sarai in Egypt

12. 10ULTThen there was a famine in the land, so Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there because the famine{ was} heavy in the land.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. 11ULTAnd it happened that as he was about to enter Egypt, then he said to Sarai his wife,“Behold please, I know that you{ are} a woman beautiful in appearance.BSBBSB: As he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, “Look, I know that you are a beautiful woman,
14. 12ULTSo it will happen when the Egyptians see you, then they will say,‘This{ is} his wife,’ and they will kill me but let you live.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. 13ULTPlease say{ that} you{ are} my sister so that it will go well for me for your sake and my life will live 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. 14ULTThen it happened, when Abram came into Egypt, then the Egyptians saw the woman, that she{ was} very beautiful.BSBBSB: So when Abram entered Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful.
17. 15ULTAnd the officials of Pharaoh saw her, so they praised her to Pharaoh, and the woman was taken into Pharaoh’ s house.BSBBSB: When Pharaoh’s officials saw Sarai, they commended her to him, and she was taken into the palace of Pharaoh.
18. 16ULTThen he treated Abram well for her sake, so that he had flock{ s} and herd{ s} and male donkeys and male slaves and female slaves and female donkeys 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. 17ULTBut Yahweh struck Pharaoh and his house{ with} great plagues on account of Sarai the wife of Abram.BSBBSB: The LORD, however, afflicted Pharaoh and his household with severe plagues because of Abram’s wife Sarai.
20. 18ULTSo Pharaoh called for Abram and said,“What{ is} this you have done 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. 19ULTWhy did you say,‘She{ is} my sister,’ so that I took her to me as a wife? Now then, behold, your wife. Take{ her} 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. 20ULTThen Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him, and they sent him away and his wife and everything that{ belonged} to him.BSBBSB: Then Pharaoh gave his men orders concerning Abram, and they sent him away with his wife and all his possessions.