{"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/drb/genesis/12","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T13:07:13.280Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DRB","book":"Genesis","bookSlug":"genesis","chapter":12,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":11,"nextChapter":13,"totalChapters":50,"totalVerses":20},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"And the Lord said to Abram: Go forth out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and out of they father's house, and come into the land which I shall shew thee. "},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and magnify thy name, and thou shalt be blessed. "},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"I will bless them that bless thee, and curse them that curse thee, and IN THEE shall all the kindred of the earth be blessed: "},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"So Abram went out as the Lord had commanded him, and Lot went with him: Abram was seventy-five years old when he went forth from Haran. "},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"And he took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all the substance which they had gathered, and the souls which they had gotten in Haran: and they went out to go into the land of Chanaan. And when they were come into it, "},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Abram passed through the country into the place of Sichem, as far as the noble vale: now the Chanaanite was at that time in the land. "},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"And the Lord appeared to Abram, and said to him: To thy seed will I give this land. And he built there an altar to the Lord, who had appeared to him. "},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"And passing on from thence to a mountain, that was on the east side of Bethel, he there pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east; he built there also an altar to the Lord, and called upon his name. "},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"And Abram went forward, going, and proceeding on to the south. "},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"And there came a famine in the country; and Abram went down into Egypt, to sojourn there: for the famine was very grievous in the land. "},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"And when he was near to enter into Egypt, he said to Sarai his wife: I know that thou art a beautiful woman: "},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"And that when the Egyptians shall see thee, they will say: She is his wife: and they will kill me, and keep thee. "},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Say, therefore, I pray thee, that thou art my sister: that I may be well used for thee, and that my soul may live for thy sake. "},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"And when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians saw the woman that she was very beautiful. "},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"And the princes told Pharao, and praised her before him: and the woman was taken into the house of Pharao. "},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"And they used 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":"But the Lord scourged Pharao and his house with most grievous stripes for Sarai, Abram's wife. "},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"And Pharao called Abram, and said to him: What is this that thou hast done to me? Why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife. "},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"For what cause didst thou say, she was thy sister, that I might take her to my wife? Now therefore, there is thy wife, take her, and go thy way. "},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"And Pharao gave his men orders concerning Abram: and they led him away, and his wife, and all that he had. "}],"citation":{"inline":"Genesis 12 (DRB)","markdown":"[Genesis 12](https://primebible.com/drb/genesis/12)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DRB. https://primebible.com/drb/genesis/12 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}