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.
The Lord told Abram, “Leave your country, your relatives, your family home, and travel to the country I'm going to show you.
2 Faciamque te in gentem magnam, et benedicam tibi, et magnificabo nomen tuum, erisque benedictus.
I will make you the ancestor of a great nation and I will bless you. I will make sure you have a great reputation and that you are a blessing to others.
3 Benedicam benedicentibus tibi, et maledicam maledicentibus tibi, atque IN TE benedicentur universae cognationes terrae.
I will bless those who bless you; I will curse those who curse you. Everyone on earth will be blessed through you.”
4 Egressus est itaque Abram sicut praeceperat ei Dominus, et ivit cum eo Lot: septuaginta quinque annorum erat Abram cum egrederetur de Haran.
So Abram left following the Lord's instructions, and Lot went with him. Abram was 75 when he left Haran.
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,
With him went his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, together with all the possessions they had collected and the people that had joined them in Harran. They left for the land of Canaan. When they arrived there,
6 pertransivit Abram terram usque ad locum Sichem, et usque ad convallem illustrem: Chananaeus autem tunc erat in terra.
Abram traveled on through the country as far as a place called Shechem, stopping at the oak tree of Moreh. At that time the country was occupied by Canaanites.
7 Apparuit autem Dominus Abram, et dixit ei: Semini tuo dabo terram hanc. Qui aedificavit ibi altare Domino, qui apparuerat ei.
The Lord appeared to Abram and said, “I'm going to give this land to your descendants.” So Abram built an altar to the Lord there because that was where the Lord 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.
Then he moved on to the hill country east of Bethel and set up camp there. Bethel was to the west and Ai to the east. He built an altar to the Lord there and worshiped him.
9 Perrexitque Abram vadens, et ultra progrediens ad meridiem.
After that he went on his way, heading towards the Negev.
10 Facta est autem fames in terra: descenditque Abram in Aegyptum, ut peregrinaretur ibi: praevaluerat enim fames in terra.
But the land had been hit by famine. So Abram continued on to Egypt, planning to live there because the famine was so bad.
11 Cumque prope esset ut ingrederetur Aegyptum, dixit Sarai uxori suae: Novi quod pulchra sis mulier:
As he approached Egypt and was about to cross the border, he said to his wife Sarai, “Look, I know what a beautiful woman you are.
12 et quod cum viderint te Aegyptii, dicturi sunt: Uxor illius est: et interficient me, et te reservabunt.
When the Egyptians see you, they'll say, ‘She's his wife,’ and they'll kill me but not you!
13 Dic ergo, obsecro te, quod soror mea sis: ut bene sit mihi propter te, et vivat anima mea ob gratiam tui.
Tell them you're my sister so I'll be treated well because of you, and my life will be spared for your sake.”
14 Cum itaque ingressus esset Abram Aegyptum, viderunt Aegyptii mulierem quod esset pulchra nimis.
When Abram arrived in Egypt, the people there saw how beautiful Sarai was.
15 Et nunciaverunt principes Pharaoni, et laudaverunt eam apud illum: et sublata est mulier in domum Pharaonis.
Pharaoh's officials also noticed and spoke positively about her to Pharaoh. So Sarai was taken to his palace to become one of his wives.
16 Abram vero bene usi sunt propter illam: Fueruntque ei oves et boves, et asini, et servi et famulae, et asinae et cameli.
Pharaoh treated Abram well because of her, giving him sheep and cattle, male donkeys, male servants, female servants, female donkeys, and camels.
17 Flagellavit autem Dominus Pharaonem plagis maximis, et domum eius propter Sarai uxorem Abram.
But the Lord caused Pharaoh and the people in his palace to suffer from terrible diseases because of Sarai, Abram's wife.
18 Vocavitque Pharao Abram, et dixit ei: Quidnam est hoc quod fecisti mihi? quare non indicasti quod uxor tua esset?
So Pharaoh ordered Abram brought to him and said, “What have you done to me? Why didn't you tell me that she was your wife?
19 Quam ob causam dixisti esse sororem tuam, ut tollerem eam mihi in uxorem? Nunc igitur ecce coniux tua, accipe eam, et vade.
Why did you say, ‘She's my sister,’ and let me take her to become one of my wives? So here's your wife! Take her and leave!”
20 Praecepitque Pharao super Abram viris: et deduxerunt eum, et uxorem illius, et omnia quae habebat.
Pharaoh ordered his guards to expel him and his wife from the country, along with everyone with them and all their possessions.
