YAHWEH Calls Abram, And Blesses Him With A Promise Of The MessiYah

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 ?  Now YAHWEH had said unto Abram, Get you out of your country, and from your kindred, and from your father's house, unto a land that I will shew you:

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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:

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And I will bless them that bless you, and curse him that curseth you: and in you shall all families of the earth be blessed.

Abram Departs From Haran

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 ?  So Abram departed, as YAHWEH had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.

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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.

He Journeys Through Canaan, And Worships YAHWEH In That Land

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 ?  And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.

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And YAHWEH appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto your seed will I give this land: and there built he an altar unto YAHWEH, who appeared unto him.

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And he removed from thence unto 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 unto YAHWEH, and called upon the name of YAHWEH.

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And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south.

Abram Is Driven By A Famine Into Egypt

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 ?  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.

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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 you are a fair woman to look upon:

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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.

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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.

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 ?  And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair.

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The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.

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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.

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And YAHWEH plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram's wife.

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And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this that you have done unto me? why didst you not tell me that she was your wife?

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Why saidst 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.

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And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had.

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