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Genesis 12 (LXX) · Opened
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Genesis
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Abram
, person
Pharaoh
, person
Egypt
, place
Sarai
, person
Lot
, person
Haran
, place
Canaan
, place
Bethel
, place
4 more
Septuagint
Berean Standard Bible
1
LXX
ΚΑΙ εἶπε Κύριος τῷ ¨Αβραμ· ἔξελθε ἐκ τῆς γῆς σου καὶ ἐκ τῆς συγγενείας σου καὶ ἐκ τοῦ οἴκου τοῦ πατρός σου καὶ δεῦρο εἰς τὴν γῆν, ἣν ἄν σοι δείξω·
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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.
2
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καὶ ποιήσω σε εἰς ἔθνος μέγα καὶ εὐλογήσω σε καὶ μεγαλυνῶ τὸ ὄνομά σου, καὶ ἔσῃ εὐλογημένος·
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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.
3
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καὶ εὐλογήσω τοὺς εὐλογοῦντάς σε καὶ τοὺς καταρωμένους σε καταράσομαι· καὶ ἐνευλογηθήσονται ἐν σοὶ πᾶσαι αἱ φυλαὶ τῆς γῆς.
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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.”
4
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καὶ ἐπορεύθη ¨Αβραμ, καθάπερ ἐλάλησεν αὐτῷ Κύριος, καὶ ᾤχετο μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ Λώτ. ¨Αβραμ δὲ ἦν ἐτῶν ἑβδομηκονταπέντε, ὅτε ἐξῆλθε ἐκ Χαρράν.
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So Abram departed, as the LORD had directed him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran.
5
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καὶ ἔλαβεν ¨Αβραμ Σάραν τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ καὶ τὸν Λὼτ υἱὸν τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ αὐτοῦ καὶ πάντα τὰ ὑπάρχοντα αὐτῶν, ὅσα ἐκτήσαντο, καὶ πᾶσαν ψυχήν, ἣν ἐκτήσαντο ἐκ Χαρράν, καὶ ἐξήλθοσαν πορευθῆναι εἰς γῆν Χαναάν.
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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,
6
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καὶ διώδευσεν ¨Αβραμ τὴν γῆν εἰς τὸ μῆκος αὐτῆς ἕως τοῦ τόπου Συχέμ, ἐπὶ τὴν δρῦν τὴν ὑψηλήν· οἱ δὲ Χαναναῖοι τότε κατῴκουν τὴν γῆν.
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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.
7
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καὶ ὤφθη Κύριος τῷ ¨Αβραμ καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ· τῷ σπέρματί σου δώσω τὴν γῆν ταύτην. καὶ ᾠκοδόμησεν ἐκεῖ ¨Αβραμ θυσιαστήριον Κυρίῳ τῷ ὀφθέντι αὐτῷ.
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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.
8
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καὶ ἀπέστη ἐκεῖθεν εἰς τὸ ὄρος κατὰ ἀνατολὰς Βαιθὴλ καὶ ἔστησεν ἐκεῖ τὴν σκηνὴν αὐτοῦ, Βαιθὴλ κατὰ θάλασσαν καὶ Ἀγγαὶ κατὰ ἀνατολάς· καὶ ᾠκοδόμησεν ἐκεῖ θυσιαστήριον τῷ Κυρίῳ καὶ ἐπεκαλέσατο ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματι Κυρίου.
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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.
9
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καὶ ἀπῇρεν ¨Αβραμ καὶ πορευθεὶς ἐστρατοπέδευσεν ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ.
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And Abram journeyed on toward the Negev.
10
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Καὶ ἐγένετο λιμὸς ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, καὶ κατέβη ¨Αβραμ εἰς Αἴγυπτον παροικῆσαι ἐκεῖ, ὅτι ἐνίσχυσεν ὁ λιμὸς ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.
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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.
11
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ἐγένετο δέ, ἡνίκα ἤγγισεν ¨Αβραμ εἰσελθεῖν εἰς Αἴγυπτον, εἶπεν ¨Αβραμ Σάρᾳ τῇ γυναικί· γινώσκω ἐγώ, ὅτι γυνὴ εὐπρόσωπος εἶ·
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As he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, “Look, I know that you are a beautiful woman,
12
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ἔσται οὖν, ὡς ἂν ἴδωσί σε οἱ Αἰγύπτιοι, ἐροῦσιν ὅτι γυνὴ αὐτοῦ ἐστιν αὐτή, καὶ ἀποκτενοῦσί με, σὲ δὲ περιποιήσονται.
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and when the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife.’ Then they will kill me but will let you live.
13
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εἰπὸν οὖν, ὅτι ἀδελφὴ αὐτοῦ εἰμι, ὅπως ἂν εὖ μοι γένηται διὰ σέ, καὶ ζήσεται ἡ ψυχή μου ἕνεκέν σου.
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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.”
14
LXX
ἐγένετο δέ, ἡνίκα εἰσῆλθεν ¨Αβραμ εἰς Αἴγυπτον, ἰδόντες οἱ Αἰγύπτιοι τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ, ὅτι καλὴ ἦν σφόδρα,
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So when Abram entered Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful.
15
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καὶ εἶδον αὐτὴν οἱ ἄρχοντες Φαραὼ καὶ ἐπῃ£νεσαν αὐτὴν πρὸς Φαραὼ καὶ εἰσήγαγον αὐτὴν εἰς τὸν οἶκον Φαραώ·
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When Pharaoh’s officials saw Sarai, they commended her to him, and she was taken into the palace of Pharaoh.
16
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καὶ τῷ ¨Αβραμ εὖ ἐχρήσαντο δι᾿ αὐτήν, καὶ ἐγένοντο αὐτῷ πρόβατα καὶ μόσχοι καὶ ὄνοι καὶ παῖδες καὶ παιδίσκαι καὶ ἡμίονοι καὶ κάμηλοι.
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He treated Abram well on her account, and Abram acquired sheep and cattle, male and female donkeys, menservants and maidservants, and camels.
17
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καὶ ἤτασεν ὁ Θεὸς τὸν Φαραὼ ἐτασμοῖς μεγάλοις καὶ πονηροῖς καὶ τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ περὶ Σάρας τῆς γυναικὸς ¨Αβραμ.
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The LORD, however, afflicted Pharaoh and his household with severe plagues because of Abram’s wife Sarai.
18
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καλέσας δὲ Φαραὼ τὸν ¨Αβραμ εἶπε· τί τοῦτο ἐποίησάς μοι, ὅτι οὐκ ἀπήγγειλάς μοι, ὅτι γυνή σου ἐστίν;
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So Pharaoh summoned Abram and asked, “What have you done to me? Why didn’t you tell me she was your wife?
19
LXX
ἱνατί εἶπας ὅτι ἀδελφή μου ἐστί; καὶ ἔλαβον αὐτὴν ἐμαυτῷ γυναῖκα, καὶ νῦν ἰδοὺ ἡ γυνή σου ἔναντί σου· λαβὼν ἀπότρεχε.
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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!”
20
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καὶ ἐνετείλατο Φαραὼ ἀνδράσι περὶ ¨Αβραμ συμπροπέμψαι αὐτὸν καὶ τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ καὶ πάντα, ὅσα ἦν αὐτῷ.
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Then Pharaoh gave his men orders concerning Abram, and they sent him away with his wife and all his possessions.
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Septuagint. Public domain. Text from eBible.org. Verse numbers matched to the English with STEPBible’s TVTMS (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0.
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