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1 The LORD said to Abram, "Leave your land, your family, and your father's household for the land that I will show you.
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God told Abram: "Leave your country, your family, and your father's home for a land that I will show you.
2 I will make of you a great nation and will bless you. I will make your name respected, and you will be a blessing.
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I'll make you a great nation and bless you. I'll make you famous; you'll be a blessing.
3 I will bless those who bless you, those who curse you I will curse; all the families of the earth will be blessed because of you."
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I'll bless those who bless you; those who curse you I'll curse. All the families of the Earth will be blessed through you."
4 Abram left just as the LORD told him, and Lot went with him. Now Abram was 75 years old when he left Haran.
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So Abram left just as God said, and Lot left with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran.
5 Abram took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, all of their possessions, and those who became members of their household in Haran; and they set out for the land of Canaan. When they arrived in Canaan,
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Abram took his wife Sarai and his nephew Lot with him, along with all the possessions and people they had gotten in Haran, and set out for the land of Canaan and arrived safe and sound.
6 Abram traveled through the land as far as the sacred place at Shechem, at the oak of Moreh. The Canaanites lived in the land at that time.
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Abram passed through the country as far as Shechem and the Oak of Moreh. At that time the Canaanites occupied the land.
7 The LORD appeared to Abram and said, "I give this land to your descendants," so Abram built an altar there to the LORD who appeared to him.
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God appeared to Abram and said, "I will give this land to your children." Abram built an altar at the place God had appeared to him.
8 From there he traveled toward the mountains east of Bethel, and pitched his tent with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. There he built an altar to the LORD and worshipped in the LORD's name.
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He moved on from there to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent between Bethel to the west and Ai to the east. He built an altar there and prayed to God.
9 Then Abram set out toward the arid southern plain, making and breaking camp as he went.
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Abram kept moving, steadily making his way south, to the Negev.
10 When a famine struck the land, Abram went down toward Egypt to live as an immigrant since the famine was so severe in the land.
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Then a famine came to the land. Abram went down to Egypt to live; it was a hard famine.
11 Just before he arrived in Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, "I know you are a good-looking woman.
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As he drew near to Egypt, he said to his wife, Sarai, "Look. We both know that you're a beautiful woman.
12 When the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife,' and they will kill me but let you live.
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When the Egyptians see you they're going to say, 'Aha! That's his wife!' and kill me. But they'll let you live.
13 So tell them you are my sister so that they will treat me well for your sake, and I will survive because of you."
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Do me a favor: tell them you're my sister. Because of you, they'll welcome me and let me live."
14 When Abram entered Egypt, the Egyptians saw how beautiful his wife was.
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When Abram arrived in Egypt, the Egyptians took one look and saw that his wife was stunningly beautiful.
15 When Pharaoh's princes saw her, they praised her to Pharaoh; and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's household.
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Pharaoh's princes raved over her to Pharaoh. She was taken to live with Pharaoh.
16 Things went well for Abram because of her: he acquired flocks, cattle, male donkeys, men servants, women servants, female donkeys, and camels.
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Because of her, Abram got along very well: he accumulated sheep and cattle, male and female donkeys, men and women servants, and camels.
17 Then the LORD struck Pharaoh and his household with severe plagues because of Abram's wife Sarai.
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But God hit Pharaoh hard because of Abram's wife Sarai; everybody in the palace got seriously sick.
18 So Pharaoh summoned Abram and said, "What's this you've done to me? Why didn't you tell me she was your wife?
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Pharaoh called for Abram, "What's this that you've done to me? Why didn't you tell me that she's your wife?
19 Why did you say, ‘She's my sister,' so that I made her my wife? Now, here's your wife. Take her and go!"
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Why did you say, 'She's my sister' so that I'd take her as my wife? Here's your wife back - take her and get out!"
20 Pharaoh gave his men orders concerning Abram, and they expelled him with his wife and everything he had.
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Pharaoh ordered his men to get Abram out of the country. They sent him and his wife and everything he owned on their way.