Genesis 11:22   (Read all of Genesis 11)

When Serug had lived 30 years, he became the father of Nahor.

Genesis 11:23   (Read all of Genesis 11)

And after he became the father of Nahor, Serug lived 200 years and had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 11:25   (Read all of Genesis 11)

And after he became the father of Terah, Nahor lived 119 years and had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 11:28   (Read all of Genesis 11)

While his father Terah was still alive, Haran died in Ur of the Chaldeans, in the land of his birth.

Genesis 11:29   (Read all of Genesis 11)

Abram and Nahor both married. The name of Abram's wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor's wife was Milkah; she was the daughter of Haran, the father of both Milkah and Iskah.

Genesis 11:30   (Read all of Genesis 11)

Now Sarai was childless because she was not able to conceive.

Genesis 11:31   (Read all of Genesis 11)

Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, the wife of his son Abram, and together they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to Canaan. But when they came to Harran, they settled there.

Genesis 12:1   (Read all of Genesis 12)

The Lord had said to Abram, "Go from your country, your people and your father's household to the land I will show you.

Genesis 12:4   (Read all of Genesis 12)

So Abram went, as the Lord had told him; and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he set out from Harran.

Genesis 12:5   (Read all of Genesis 12)

He took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, all the possessions they had accumulated and the people they had acquired in Harran, and they set out for the land of Canaan, and they arrived there.

Genesis 12:6   (Read all of Genesis 12)

Abram traveled through the land as far as the site of the great tree of Moreh at Shechem. At that time the Canaanites were in the land.

Genesis 12:7   (Read all of Genesis 12)

The Lord appeared to Abram and said, "To your offspring I will give this land." So he built an altar there to the Lord, who had appeared to him.

Genesis 12:9   (Read all of Genesis 12)

Then Abram set out and continued toward the Negev.

Genesis 12:10   (Read all of Genesis 12)

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

Genesis 12:11   (Read all of Genesis 12)

As he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, "I know what a beautiful woman you are.

Genesis 12:12   (Read all of Genesis 12)

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   (Read all of Genesis 12)

Say you are my sister, so that I will be treated well for your sake and my life will be spared because of you."

Genesis 12:14   (Read all of Genesis 12)

When Abram came to Egypt, the Egyptians saw that Sarai was a very beautiful woman.

Genesis 12:15   (Read all of Genesis 12)

And when Pharaoh's officials saw her, they praised her to Pharaoh, and she was taken into his palace.

Genesis 12:16   (Read all of Genesis 12)

He treated Abram well for her sake, and Abram acquired sheep and cattle, male and female donkeys, male and female servants, and camels.

Genesis 12:17   (Read all of Genesis 12)

But the Lord inflicted serious diseases on Pharaoh and his household because of Abram's wife Sarai.

Genesis 12:18   (Read all of Genesis 12)

So Pharaoh summoned Abram. "What have you done to me?" he said. "Why didn't you tell me she was your wife?

Genesis 12:19   (Read all of Genesis 12)

Why did you say, 'She is my sister,' so that I took her to be my wife? Now then, here is your wife. Take her and go!"

Genesis 12:20   (Read all of Genesis 12)

Then Pharaoh gave orders about Abram to his men, and they sent him on his way, with his wife and everything he had.