Genesis 12
1 Dixit autem Dominus ad Abram: Egredere de terra tua, et de cognatione tua, et de domo patris tui, et veni in terram, quam monstravero tibi.
And the Lord said to Abram, Go forth out of thy land and out of thy kindred, and out of the house of thy father, and come into the land which I will shew thee.
2 Faciamque te in gentem magnam, et benedicam tibi, et magnificabo nomen tuum, erisque benedictus.
And I will make thee a great nation, and I will bless thee and magnify thy name, and thou shalt be blessed.
3 Benedicam benedicentibus tibi, et maledicam maledicentibus tibi, atque IN TE benedicentur universae cognationes terrae.
And I will bless those that bless thee, and curse those that curse thee, and in thee shall all the tribes of the earth be blessed.
4 Egressus est itaque Abram sicut praeceperat ei Dominus, et ivit cum eo Lot: septuaginta quinque annorum erat Abram cum egrederetur de Haran.
And Abram went as the Lord spoke to him, and Lot departed with him, and Abram was seventy-five years old, when he went out of Charrhan.
5 Tulitque Sarai uxorem suam, et Lot filium fratris sui, universamque substantiam quam possederant, et animas quas fecerant in Haran: et egressi sunt ut irent in terram Chanaan. Cumque venissent in eam,
And Abram took Sara his wife, and Lot the son of his brother, and all their possessions, as many as they had got, and every soul which they had got in Charrhan, and they went forth to go into the land of Chanaan.
6 pertransivit Abram terram usque ad locum Sichem, et usque ad convallem illustrem: Chananaeus autem tunc erat in terra.
And Abram traversed the land lengthwise as far as the place Sychem, to the high oak, and the Chananites then inhabited the land.
7 Apparuit autem Dominus Abram, et dixit ei: Semini tuo dabo terram hanc. Qui aedificavit ibi altare Domino, qui apparuerat ei.
And the Lord appeared to Abram, and said to him, I will give this land to thy seed. And Abram built an altar there to the Lord who appeared to him.
8 Et inde transgrediens ad montem, qui erat contra orientem Bethel, tetendit ibi tabernaculum suum, ab occidente habens Bethel, et ab oriente Hai: aedificavit quoque ibi altare Domino, et invocavit nomen eius.
And he departed thence to the mountain eastward of Baethel, and there he pitched his tent in Baethel near the sea, and Aggai toward the east, and there he built an altar to the Lord, and called on the name of the Lord.
9 Perrexitque Abram vadens, et ultra progrediens ad meridiem.
And Abram departed and went and encamped in the wilderness.
10 Facta est autem fames in terra: descenditque Abram in Aegyptum, ut peregrinaretur ibi: praevaluerat enim fames in terra.
And there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there, because the famine prevailed in the land.
11 Cumque prope esset ut ingrederetur Aegyptum, dixit Sarai uxori suae: Novi quod pulchra sis mulier:
And it came to pass when Abram drew nigh to enter into Egypt, Abram said to Sara his wife, I know that thou art a fair woman.
12 et quod cum viderint te Aegyptii, dicturi sunt: Uxor illius est: et interficient me, et te reservabunt.
It shall come to pass then that when the Egyptians shall see thee, they shall say, This is his wife, and they shall slay me, but they shall save thee alive.
13 Dic ergo, obsecro te, quod soror mea sis: ut bene sit mihi propter te, et vivat anima mea ob gratiam tui.
Say, therefore, I am his sister, that it may be well with me on account of thee, and my soul shall live because of thee.
14 Cum itaque ingressus esset Abram Aegyptum, viderunt Aegyptii mulierem quod esset pulchra nimis.
And it came to pass when Abram entered into Egypt—the Egyptians having seen his wife that she was very beautiful—
15 Et nunciaverunt principes Pharaoni, et laudaverunt eam apud illum: et sublata est mulier in domum Pharaonis.
that the princes of Pharao saw her, and praised her to Pharao and brought her into the house of Pharao.
16 Abram vero bene usi sunt propter illam: Fueruntque ei oves et boves, et asini, et servi et famulae, et asinae et cameli.
And they treated Abram well on her account, and he had sheep, and calves, and asses, and men-servants, and women-servants, and mules, and camels.
17 Flagellavit autem Dominus Pharaonem plagis maximis, et domum eius propter Sarai uxorem Abram.
And God afflicted Pharao with great and severe afflictions, and his house, because of Sara, Abram's wife.
18 Vocavitque Pharao Abram, et dixit ei: Quidnam est hoc quod fecisti mihi? quare non indicasti quod uxor tua esset?
And Pharao having called Abram, said, What is this thou hast done to me, that thou didst not tell me that she was thy wife?
19 Quam ob causam dixisti esse sororem tuam, ut tollerem eam mihi in uxorem? Nunc igitur ecce coniux tua, accipe eam, et vade.
Wherefore didst thou say, She is my sister? and I took her for a wife to myself; and now, behold, thy wife is before thee, take her and go quickly away.
20 Praecepitque Pharao super Abram viris: et deduxerunt eum, et uxorem illius, et omnia quae habebat.
And Pharao gave charge to men concerning Abram, to join in sending him forward, and his wife, and all that he had.
