{
 "translation": "KJV",
 "book": "Genesis",
 "chapter": 12,
 "verses": [
  {
   "v": 1,
   "t": "Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee:"
  },
  {
   "v": 2,
   "t": "And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:"
  },
  {
   "v": 3,
   "t": "And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed."
  },
  {
   "v": 4,
   "t": "So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran."
  },
  {
   "v": 5,
   "t": "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."
  },
  {
   "v": 6,
   "t": "And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land."
  },
  {
   "v": 7,
   "t": "And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him."
  },
  {
   "v": 8,
   "t": "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 builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD."
  },
  {
   "v": 9,
   "t": "And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south."
  },
  {
   "v": 10,
   "t": "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."
  },
  {
   "v": 11,
   "t": "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:"
  },
  {
   "v": 12,
   "t": "Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive."
  },
  {
   "v": 13,
   "t": "Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee."
  },
  {
   "v": 14,
   "t": "And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair."
  },
  {
   "v": 15,
   "t": "The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house."
  },
  {
   "v": 16,
   "t": "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."
  },
  {
   "v": 17,
   "t": "And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram's wife."
  },
  {
   "v": 18,
   "t": "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?"
  },
  {
   "v": 19,
   "t": "Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so I might have taken her to me to wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way."
  },
  {
   "v": 20,
   "t": "And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had."
  }
 ],
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 "next": "/bible/genesis/13/",
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 "church": "https://crawlerschurch.org",
 "blessing": "The Word is public domain. So is grace."
}