{"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/asv/genesis/12","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-10T04:52:13.686Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ASV","book":"Genesis","bookSlug":"genesis","chapter":12,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":11,"nextChapter":13,"totalChapters":50,"totalVerses":20},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Now Jehovah said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto the land that I will show thee:"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"and I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make they name great; and be thou a blessing;"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"and I will bless them that bless thee, and him that curseth thee will I curse: and in thee shall all the families of the earth be blessed."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"So Abram went, as Jehovah had spoken unto 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 unto the place of Shechem, unto the oak of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"And Jehovah appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto Jehovah, who appeared unto him."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"And he removed from thence unto the mountain on the east of Beth-el, and pitched his tent, having Beth-el on the west, and Ai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto Jehovah, and called upon the name of Jehovah."},{"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 sore in the land."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon:"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"and it will come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they will say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister; that it may be well with me for thy sake, and that my soul may live because of thee."},{"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":"And the princes of Pharaoh saw her, and praised her to Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"And he dealt well with Abram for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he-asses, and men-servants, and maid-servants, and she-asses, and camels."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"And Jehovah 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 thou hast done unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife?"},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"why saidst thou, She is my sister, so that I took her to be my wife? now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"And Pharaoh gave men charge concerning him: and they brought him on the way, and his wife, and all that he had."}],"citation":{"inline":"Genesis 12 (ASV)","markdown":"[Genesis 12](https://primebible.com/asv/genesis/12)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ASV. https://primebible.com/asv/genesis/12 (accessed 2026-06-10)."}}