{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/akjv/genesis/12","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T08:47:01.864Z"},"reference":{"translation":"AKJV","book":"Genesis","bookSlug":"genesis","chapter":12,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":11,"nextChapter":13,"totalChapters":50,"totalVerses":20},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Now the LORD had said to Abram, Get you out of your country, and from your kindred, and from your father's house, to a land that I will show you:"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great; and you shall be a blessing:"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"And I will bless them that bless you, and curse him that curses you: and in you shall all families of the earth be blessed."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken to him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"And Abram passed through the land to the place of Sichem, to the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"And the LORD appeared to Abram, and said, To your seed will I give this land: and there built he an altar to the LORD, who appeared to him."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"And he removed from there to a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he built an altar to the LORD, and called on the name of the LORD."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said to Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that you are a fair woman to look on:"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see you, that they shall say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save you alive."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Say, I pray you, you are my sister: that it may be well with me for your sake; and my soul shall live because of you."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and camels."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram's wife."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"And Pharaoh called Abram and said, What is this that you have done to me? why did you not tell me that she was your wife?"},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"Why said you, She is my sister? so I might have taken her to me to wife: now therefore behold your wife, take her, and go your way."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had."}],"citation":{"inline":"Genesis 12 (AKJV)","markdown":"[Genesis 12](https://primebible.com/akjv/genesis/12)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* AKJV. https://primebible.com/akjv/genesis/12 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}