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Genesis 12 :: King James Version (KJV)

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Abram Journeys to Egypt

(Act 7:2–5 )

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:1 - Now the LORD H3068 had said H559 unto Abram, H87 Get thee out H3212 of thy country, H776 and from thy kindred, H4138 and from thy father's H1 house, H1004 unto a land H776 that I will shew H7200 thee:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:2 - And I will make of thee H6213 a great H1419 nation, H1471 and I will bless H1288 thee, and make H1431 ➔ thy name H8034 great; H1431 and thou shalt be a blessing: H1293

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:3 - And I will bless H1288 them that bless H1288 thee, and curse H779 him that curseth H7043 thee: and in thee shall all families H4940 of the earth H127 be blessed. H1288

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:4 - So Abram H87 departed, H3212 as the LORD H3068 had spoken H1696 unto him; and Lot H3876 went H3212 with him: and Abram H87 was seventy H7657 H8141 and five H2568 years H8141 old H1121 when he departed H3318 out of Haran. H2771

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:5 - And Abram H87 took H3947 Sarai H8297 his wife, H802 and Lot H3876 his brother's H251 son, H1121 and all their substance H7399 that they had gathered, H7408 and the souls H5315 that they had gotten H6213 in Haran; H2771 and they went forth H3318 to go H3212 into the land H776 of Canaan; H3667 and into the land H776 of Canaan H3667 they came. H935

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:6 - And Abram H87 passed through H5674 the land H776 unto the place H4725 of Sichem, H7927 unto the plain H436 of Moreh. H4176 And the Canaanite H3669 was then H227 in the land. H776

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:7 - And the LORD H3068 appeared H7200 unto Abram, H87 and said, H559 Unto thy seed H2233 will I give H5414 this H2063 land: H776 and there builded H1129 he an altar H4196 unto the LORD, H3068 who appeared H7200 unto him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:8 - And he removed H6275 from thence unto a mountain H2022 on the east H6924 of Bethel, H1008 and pitched H5186 his tent, H168 having Bethel H1008 on the west, H3220 and Hai H5857 on the east: H6924 and there he builded H1129 an altar H4196 unto the LORD, H3068 and called H7121 upon the name H8034 of the LORD. H3068

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:9 - And Abram H87 journeyed, H5265 going on H1980 still H5265 toward the south. H5045

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:10 - And there was a famine H7458 in the land: H776 and Abram H87 went down H3381 into Egypt H4714 to sojourn H1481 there; for the famine H7458 was grievous H3515 in the land. H776

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:11 - And it came to pass, when H834 he was come near H7126 to enter H935 into Egypt, H4714 that he said H559 unto Sarai H8297 his wife, H802 Behold H2009 now, H4994 I know H3045 that thou art a fair H3303 woman H802 to look upon: H4758

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:12 - Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians H4713 shall see H7200 thee, that they shall say, H559 This is his wife: H802 and they will kill H2026 me, but they will save thee alive. H2421

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:13 - Say, H559 I pray thee, H4994 thou art my sister: H269 that H4616 it may be well H3190 with me for thy sake; and my soul H5315 shall live H2421 because of thee. H1558

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:14 - And it came to pass, that, when Abram H87 was come H935 into Egypt, H4714 the Egyptians H4713 beheld H7200 the woman H802 that she was very H3966 fair. H3303

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:15 - The princes H8269 also of Pharaoh H6547 saw H7200 her, and commended H1984 her before H413 Pharaoh: H6547 and the woman H802 was taken H3947 into Pharaoh's H6547 house. H1004

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:16 - And he entreated H3190 ➔ Abram H87 well H3190 for her sake: and he had sheep, H6629 and oxen, H1241 and he asses, H2543 and menservants, H5650 and maidservants, H8198 and she asses, H860 and camels. H1581

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:17 - And the LORD H3068 plagued H5060 Pharaoh H6547 and his house H1004 with great H1419 plagues H5061 because of H1697 Sarai H8297 Abram's H87 wife. H802

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:18 - And Pharaoh H6547 called H7121 Abram, H87 and said, H559 What is this that thou hast done H6213 unto me? why didst thou not tell H5046 me that she was thy wife? H802

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:19 - Why saidst thou, H559 She is my sister? H269 so I might have taken H3947 her to me to wife: H802 now therefore behold thy wife, H802 take H3947 her, and go thy way. H3212

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:20 - And Pharaoh H6547 commanded H6680 his men H582 concerning him: and they sent him away, H7971 and his wife, H802 and all that he had.
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