BIBLE VERSES 2

Genesis 11:28

During his father Terah’s lifetime, Haran died in his native land, in Ur of the Chaldeans.

Genesis 11:29

And Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves. Abram’s wife was named Sarai, and Nahor’s wife was named Milcah; she was the daughter of Haran, who was the father of both Milcah and Iscah.

Genesis 11:30

But Sarai was barren; she had no children.

Genesis 11:31

And Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai the wife of Abram, and they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans for the land of Canaan. But when they arrived in Haran, they settled there.

Genesis 11:32

Terah lived 205 years, and he died in Haran.

Genesis 12:1

Then the LORD said to Abram, “Leave your country, your kindred, and your father’s household, and go to the land I will show you.

Genesis 12:2

I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.

Genesis 12:3

I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you; and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you.”

Genesis 12:4

So Abram departed, as the LORD had directed him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran.

Genesis 12:5

And Abram took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, and all the possessions and people they had acquired in Haran, and set out for the land of Canaan. When they came to the land of Canaan,

Genesis 12:6

Abram traveled through the land as far as the site of the Oak of Moreh at Shechem. And at that time the Canaanites were in the land.

Genesis 12:7

Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your offspring.” So Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.

Genesis 12:8

From there Abram moved on to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel to the west and Ai to the east. There he built an altar to the LORD, and he called on the name of the LORD.

Genesis 12:9

And Abram journeyed on toward the Negev.

Genesis 12:10

Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe.

Genesis 12:11

As he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, “Look, I know that you are a beautiful woman,

Genesis 12:12

and when the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife.’ Then they will kill me but will let you live.

Genesis 12:13

Please say you are my sister, so that I will be treated well for your sake, and on account of you my life will be spared.”

Genesis 12:14

So when Abram entered Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful.

Genesis 12:15

When Pharaoh’s officials saw Sarai, they commended her to him, and she was taken into the palace of Pharaoh.