1 Mosebog 12
1 Og Herren sagde til Abram: Gak du ud af dit Land og fra din Slægt og af din Faders Hus til det Land, som jeg vil vise dig.
Now the Lord said to Abram, Go out from your country and from your family and from your father's house, into the land to which I will be your guide:
2 Og jeg vil gøre dig til et stort Folk og velsigne dig og gøre dit Navn stort, og vær en Velsignelse.
And I will make of you a great nation, blessing you and making your name great; and you will be a blessing:
3 Og jeg vil velsigne dem, som velsigne dig, og den, som forbander dig, vil jeg forbande; og i dig skulle alle Slægter paa Jorden velsignes.
To them who are good to you will I give blessing, and on him who does you wrong will I put my curse: and you will become a name of blessing to all the families of the earth.
4 Og Abram gik, ligesom Herren havde sagt til ham, og Lot gik med ham; og Abram var halvfjerdsindstyve Aar og fem Aar gammel, der han uddrog af Haran.
So Abram went as the Lord had said to him, and Lot went with him: Abram was seventy-five years old when he went away from Haran.
5 Saa tog Abram Sarai sin Hustru og Lot sin Broders Søn og al deres Ejendom, som de ejede, og de Folk, som de havde forskaffet sig i Haran, og de droge ud for at rejse til Kanaans Land, og de kom til Kanaans Land.
And Abram took Sarai, his wife, and Lot, his brother's son, and all their goods and the servants which they had got in Haran, and they went out to go to the land of Canaan.
6 Og Abram drog igennem Landet til det Sted Sikem indtil More Lund; og Kananiten var da i Landet.
And Abram went through the land till he came to Shechem, to the holy tree of Moreh. At that time, the Canaanites were still living in the land.
7 Og Herren aabenbaredes for Abram og sagde: Dit Afkom vil jeg give dette Land; og han byggede der et Alter for Herren, som aabenbaredes for ham.
And the Lord came to Abram, and said, I will give all this land to your seed; then Abram made an altar there to the Lord who had let himself be seen by him.
8 Og han brød op derfra til Bjerget Østen for Bethel og udslog sit Telt, saa Bethel var mod Vesten og Ai mod Østen; og han byggede der et Alter for Herren og paakaldte Herrens Navn.
And moving on from there to the mountain on the east of Beth-el, he put up his tent, having Beth-el on the west and Ai on the east: and there he made an altar and gave worship to the name of the Lord.
9 Og Abram rejste videre og vandrede mod Sønden.
And he went on, journeying still to the South.
10 Og der var Hunger i Landet, og Abram drog ned til Ægypten at leve som fremmed der; thi Hungeren var svar i Landet.
And because there was little food to be had in that land, he went down into Egypt.
11 Og det skete, der han nærmede sig at komme til Ægypten, sagde han til Sarai sin Hustru: Se nu, jeg ved, at du er en dejlig Kvinde at se til.
Now when he came near to Egypt, he said to Sarai, his wife, Truly, you are a fair woman and beautiful to the eye;
12 Og det vil ske, naar Ægypterne se dig og sige: denne er hans Hustru, at de slaa mig ihjel og lade dig leve.
And I am certain that when the men of Egypt see you, they will say, This is his wife: and they will put me to death and keep you.
13 Kære, sig, at du er min Søster, at det kan gaa mig vel for din Skyld, og min Sjæl maa leve formedelst dig.
Say, then, that you are my sister, and so it will be well with me because of you, and my life will be kept safe on your account.
14 Og det skete, der Abram kom til Ægypten, da saa Ægypterne Kvinden, at hun var meget dejlig.
And so it was that when Abram came into Egypt, the men of Egypt, looking on the woman, saw that she was fair.
15 Og Faraos Fyrster saa hende og roste hende for Farao, og Kvinden blev ført til Faraos Hus.
And Pharaoh's great men, having seen her, said words in praise of her to Pharaoh, and she was taken into Pharaoh's house.
16 Og han gjorde Abram godt for hendes Skyld; og han fik Faar og Kvæg og Asener og Svende og Tjenestepiger og Aseninder og Kameler.
And because of her, he was good to Abram, and he had sheep and oxen and asses, and men-servants and women-servants, and camels.
17 Og Herren slog Farao og hans Hus med store Plager for Sarai, Abrams Hustrus, Skyld.
And the Lord sent great troubles on Pharaoh's house because of Sarai, Abram's wife.
18 Da kaldte Farao ad Abram og sagde: Hvi har du gjort mig dette? hvi gav du mig ikke til Kende, at hun er din Hustru?
Then Pharaoh sent for Abram, and said, What have you done to me? why did you not say that she was your wife?
19 Hvorfor sagde du: hun er min Søster? og jeg tog hende mig til Hustru; og nu, se, der er din Hustru, tag hende og gak!
Why did you say that she was your sister? so that I took her for my wife: now, take your wife and go on your way.
20 Og Farao gav sine Mænd Befaling om ham, og de udførte ham og hans Hustru og alt det, han havde.
And Pharaoh gave orders to his men, and they sent him on his way, with his wife and all he had.
