1 Herren sa til Abram: Gå ut fra landet ditt, fra slekten din og din fars hus, til det landet jeg vil vise deg.

Now the Lord said to Abram, Go out from your country and from your family and from your father's house, into the land to which I will be your guide:

2 Jeg vil gjøre deg til et stort folk, velsigne deg og gjøre navnet ditt stort; og du skal bli til velsignelse.

And I will make of you a great nation, blessing you and making your name great; and you will be a blessing:

3 De som er gode mot deg, skal jeg velsigne, og de som gjør deg urett, skal jeg forbanne. I deg skal alle slekter på jorden velsignes.

To them who are good to you will I give blessing, and on him who does you wrong will I put my curse: and you will become a name of blessing to all the families of the earth.

4 Så dro Abram, slik Herren hadde sagt til ham, og Lot dro med ham. Abram var syttifem år gammel da han forlot Haran.

So Abram went as the Lord had said to him, and Lot went with him: Abram was seventy-five years old when he went away from Haran.

5 Abram tok med seg Sarai, sin kone, og Lot, sin brorsønn, samt alle eiendelene og tjenerne de hadde fått i Haran, og dro mot landet Kanaan.

And Abram took Sarai, his wife, and Lot, his brother's son, and all their goods and the servants which they had got in Haran, and they went out to go to the land of Canaan.

6 Abram dro gjennom landet til han kom til Sikem, til hellighetsstedet More. På den tiden bodde kanaanittene i landet.

And Abram went through the land till he came to Shechem, to the holy tree of Moreh. At that time, the Canaanites were still living in the land.

7 Herren åpenbarte seg for Abram og sa: Dette landet vil jeg gi din ætt. Der bygde Abram et alter for Herren, som hadde åpenbart seg for ham.

And the Lord came to Abram, and said, I will give all this land to your seed; then Abram made an altar there to the Lord who had let himself be seen by him.

8 Fra der dro han videre til fjellområdet øst for Betel, hvor han slo opp teltet sitt, med Betel i vest og Ai i øst. Der bygde han et alter og påkalte Herrens navn.

And moving on from there to the mountain on the east of Beth-el, he put up his tent, having Beth-el on the west and Ai on the east: and there he made an altar and gave worship to the name of the Lord.

9 Så fortsatte han og dro videre mot Negev.

And he went on, journeying still to the South.

10 På grunn av hungersnød i landet, dro han ned til Egypt for å bo der en tid.

And because there was little food to be had in that land, he went down into Egypt.

11 Da han nærmet seg Egypt, sa han til Sarai, sin kone: Jeg vet at du er en vakker kvinne å se på.

Now when he came near to Egypt, he said to Sarai, his wife, Truly, you are a fair woman and beautiful to the eye;

12 Når egypterne ser deg, vil de si: Dette er hans kone. Da vil de drepe meg og la deg leve.

And I am certain that when the men of Egypt see you, they will say, This is his wife: and they will put me to death and keep you.

13 Si at du er min søster, så det går godt for meg på grunn av deg, og jeg får beholde livet takket være deg.

Say, then, that you are my sister, and so it will be well with me because of you, and my life will be kept safe on your account.

14 Når Abram kom til Egypt, la egypterne merke til at kvinnen var meget vakker.

And so it was that when Abram came into Egypt, the men of Egypt, looking on the woman, saw that she was fair.

15 Og Faraos stormenn priste henne for Farao, og hun ble hentet til Faraos hus.

And Pharaoh's great men, having seen her, said words in praise of her to Pharaoh, and she was taken into Pharaoh's house.

16 Farao behandlet Abram godt for hennes skyld. Han fikk sauer, kveg, esler, tjenere og kameler.

And because of her, he was good to Abram, and he had sheep and oxen and asses, and men-servants and women-servants, and camels.

17 Men Herren sendte store plager over Faraos hus på grunn av Sarai, Abrams kone.

And the Lord sent great troubles on Pharaoh's house because of Sarai, Abram's wife.

18 Da kalte Farao på Abram og sa: Hva er det du har gjort mot meg? Hvorfor sa du ikke at hun var din kone?

Then Pharaoh sent for Abram, and said, What have you done to me? why did you not say that she was your wife?

19 Hvorfor sa du at hun var din søster, så jeg tok henne til kone? Her er din kone, ta henne og dra!

Why did you say that she was your sister? so that I took her for my wife: now, take your wife and go on your way.

20 Farao ga sine menn ordre om å sende dem bort, med hans kone og alt han hadde.

And Pharaoh gave orders to his men, and they sent him on his way, with his wife and all he had.