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.
Then the Lord said to Abram: “Depart from your land, and from your kindred, and from your father’s house, and come into the land that I will show you.
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, and I will bless you and magnify your name, and you will be blessed.
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.
I will bless those who bless you, and curse those who curse you, and in you all the families of the earth will be blessed.”
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.
And so Abram departed just as the Lord had instructed him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed 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 he took his wife Sarai, and Lot, the son of his brother, and all the substance which they had come to possess, and the lives which they had acquired in Haran, and they departed in order to go to the land of Canaan. And when they arrived in it,
6 Og Abram drog igennem Landet til det Sted Sikem indtil More Lund; og Kananiten var da i Landet.
Abram passed through the land even to the place of Shechem, as far as the famous steep valley. Now at that time, the Canaanite was 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.
Then the Lord appeared to Abram, and he said to him, “To your offspring, I will give this land.” And there he built an altar to the Lord, who had appeared to 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 passing on from there to a mountain, which was opposite the east of Bethel, he pitched his tent there, having Bethel to the west, and Hai on the east. He also built an altar there to the Lord, and he called upon his name.
9 Og Abram rejste videre og vandrede mod Sønden.
And Abram traveled, going out and continuing further on, toward 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.
But a famine occurred in the land. And Abram descended to Egypt, to sojourn there. For famine prevailed over the land.
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.
And when he was close to entering Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai: “I know you to be a beautiful woman.
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 when the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘She is his wife.’ And they will put me to death, and retain 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.
Therefore, I beg you to say that you are my sister, so that it may be well with me because of you, and so that my soul may live by your favor.”
14 Og det skete, der Abram kom til Ægypten, da saa Ægypterne Kvinden, at hun var meget dejlig.
And so, when Abram had arrived in Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was exceedingly beautiful.
15 Og Faraos Fyrster saa hende og roste hende for Farao, og Kvinden blev ført til Faraos Hus.
And the princes reported it to Pharaoh, and they praised her to him. And the woman was inducted into the house of Pharaoh.
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.
In truth, they treated Abram well because of her. And he had sheep and oxen and male donkeys, and men servants, and women servants, and female donkeys, and camels.
17 Og Herren slog Farao og hans Hus med store Plager for Sarai, Abrams Hustrus, Skyld.
But the Lord scourged Pharaoh and his house with great wounds because of Sarai, the wife of Abram.
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?
And Pharaoh called Abram, and he said to him: “What is this that you have done to me? Why did you not tell me 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!
For what reason did you claim her to be your sister, so that I would take her to me as a wife? Now therefore, behold your mate, receive her and go.”
20 Og Farao gav sine Mænd Befaling om ham, og de udførte ham og hans Hustru og alt det, han havde.
And Pharaoh instructed his men about Abram. And they led him away with his wife and all that he had.
