1 Mose 12
1 Und der Herr sprach zu Abram: "Aus deinem Lande, deiner Sippe zieh fort, aus deinem Vaterhause, ins Land, das ich dir zeigen werde!
Then Yahweh said to Abram, “Leave this country where you are now living. Leave your father’s clan and his family. Go to a land that I will show you.
2 ich mache dich zu einem großen Volke und segne dich und mache deinen Namen hochberühmt, daß du zum Segen werdest.
I will cause your descendants to become a large nation. I will bless you and cause you to become (famous/highly esteemed). What I do for you will be a blessing to others.
3 Denn segnen will ich, die dich segnen, und die verfluchen, die dich lästern. Der Erde Stämme alle sollen sich mit dir dann segnen!"
I will bless those who (bless/ask God to do good things for) you, and I will (curse/ask God to punish) those who do evil things to you. And because of what you do, groups of people all over the earth will receive blessings (OR, people will wish that God will bless others as much as he has blessed you).”
4 Und Abram zog fort, wie ihm der Herr gesagt, und mit ihm zog Lot; Abram aber war 75 Jahre alt, als er von Charan fortzog.
So Abram left Haran [town], as Yahweh told him to do. Abram was 75 years old when he left there along with his wife, Sarai, and his nephew, Lot.
5 Und Abram nahm sein Weib Sarai und seinen Brudersohn Lot und all ihre Habe, die sie erworben, sowie die Seelen, die sie in Charan bekommen hatten, und sie zogen fort, ins Land Kanaan zu wandern, und sie kamen auch in das Land Kanaan.
Abram also took along all the possessions and slaves that they had accumulated/acquired in Haran [town], and they left there and went to Canaan land.
6 Und Abram durchzog das Land bis zu Sichems Wohnsitz, bis zum Maulbeerbaum; damals aber waren die Kanaaniter im Land.
In Canaan they traveled as far as Shechem [town] and camped by a huge tree called the tree of Moreh. The Canaan people-group were still living in that land.
7 Da erschien der Herr dem Abram und sprach: "Ich gebe deinem Stamme dieses Land." Da baute er dort einen Altar dem Herrn, der ihm erschienen war.
Then Yahweh appeared to Abram and said to him, “I will give this land to your descendants.” Then Abram built a stone altar to offer a sacrifice to Yahweh because Yahweh had appeared to him.
8 Von dort zog er auf das Gebirge östlich von Betel und schlug sein Zelt auf, Betel im Westen und Ai im Osten. Dort baute er dem Herrn einen Altar und rief des Herrn Namen an.
From Shechem, Abram and his family traveled to the hills that were east of Bethel [town]. Bethel [town] was to the west of where they set up their tent, and Ai [town] was further to the east. There he built another stone altar and offered a sacrifice and worshiped Yahweh there.
9 Dann zog Abram weiter und weiter, dem Südland zu.
Then they left there and started traveling south to the Negev [Desert].
10 Nun kam die Hungersnot ins Land, und Abram zog nach Ägypten, hier zu verbleiben; denn schwer lag die Hungersnot auf dem Land.
There was (a famine/very little food to eat) in Canaan, so they went south to live in Egypt for a while.
11 Als er nahe bei Ägypten war, sprach er zu seinem Weib Sarai: "Ich weiß wohl, daß du ein schönes Weib bist.
Just as they were about to enter Egypt, Abram said to his wife Sarai, “Listen, I know that you are a very beautiful woman.
12 Sehen dich nun die Ägypter, dann denken sie: Dies ist sein Weib, und alsdann töten sie mich; dich aber werden sie am Leben lassen.
When the people in Egypt see you, they will say, ‘This woman is his wife!’ and they will kill me in order to get you, but they will not kill you.
13 Sag doch, du seiest meine Schwester, daß es mir um deinetwillen gut gehe. Dann bleibe ich deinetwegen ungefährdet."
So I ask you to tell them that you are my sister, so that because of you telling them that, they will (spare my life/not kill me).”
14 Als Abram nach Ägypten kam, sahen die Ägypter, daß das Weib überaus schön war.
And as soon as they arrived in Egypt, the people in Egypt saw that his wife was indeed very beautiful.
15 Auch des Pharao Fürsten sahen sie und rühmten sie vor Pharao. So ward das Weib in Pharaos Haus geholt.
When the king’s officials saw her, they told the king how beautiful she was. And they took her to the king’s palace.
16 Dem Abram aber war er ihretwegen hold geworden; und so bekam er Schafe, Rinder, Esel, Sklaven, Mägde, Eselinnen und Kamele.
The king treated Abram kindly because of Sarai, and he gave Abram many sheep and cattle and donkeys and male and female slaves and camels.
17 Der Herr aber schlug mit schweren Plagen Pharao und sein Haus wegen Sarai, des Weibes Abrams.
But because the king had taken Sarai, Abram’s wife, Yahweh caused the king and the others in his household to be inflicted with terrible diseases.
18 Da ließ Pharao den Abram rufen und sprach: "Was hast du mir da angetan? Warum hast du mir verhehlt, daß sie dein Weib ist?
When the king realized why that was happening, he summoned Abram and said to him, “Why did you do this to me? Why did you not tell me that she was your wife?
19 Warum hast du gesagt: 'Sie ist nur meine Schwester'? Und so nahm ich sie mir zum Weib. Nun aber sieh, hier ist dein Weib! Nimm sie und geh fort!"
Why did you lie, saying she is your sister, with the result that I took her to be my wife? You should not have done that! So now take your wife, leave here and go!”
20 Und Pharao entbot seinetwegen Leute, daß sie ihn, sein Weib und all seine Habe fortschafften.
Then the king told his officials/servants to take Abram and his wife and all his possessions out of Egypt.
