1 Nå sa Herren til Abram: "Dra ut fra ditt land, fra din slekt og fra din fars hus, til det landet jeg vil vise deg."

Now Yahweh said to Abram, "Get out of your country, and from your relatives, and from your father's house, to the land that I will show you.

2 Jeg vil gjøre deg til et stort folk. Jeg vil velsigne deg og gjøre ditt navn stort. Du skal bli en velsignelse.

I will make of you a great nation. I will bless you, and make your name great. You will be a blessing.

3 Jeg vil velsigne dem som velsigner deg, og jeg vil forbanne den som forbanner deg. I deg skal alle slekter på jorden bli velsignet."

I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who curses you. In you will all of the families of the earth be blessed."

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

So Abram went, as Yahweh had spoken to him. Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed out of Haran.

5 Abram tok med seg Sarai, sin kone, Lot, sin brorsønn, alt de eide og de folk de hadde fått i Haran. De dro til landet Kanaan, og de kom dit.

Abram took Sarai his wife, Lot his brother's son, all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls who they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan. Into the land of Canaan they came.

6 Abram dro gjennom landet helt til stedet Sikem, til Terebintelunden ved More. Den gangen bodde kanaanittene i landet.

Abram passed through the land to the place of Shechem, to the oak of Moreh. The Canaanite was then in the land.

7 Herren viste seg for Abram og sa: "Jeg vil gi dette landet til din ætt." Der bygde han et alter for Herren, som hadde vist seg for ham.

Yahweh appeared to Abram, and said, "I will give this land to your seed{or, offspring}." He built an altar there to Yahweh, who appeared to him.

8 Derfra flyttet han til fjellene øst for Betel og slo opp teltet sitt, med Betel i vest og Ai i øst. Der bygde han et alter for Herren og påkalte Herrens navn.

He left from there to the mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Ai on the east. There he built an altar to Yahweh, and called on the name of Yahweh.

9 Abram reiste videre mot sør.

Abram traveled, going on still toward the South.

10 Det ble hungersnød i landet, og Abram dro ned til Egypt for å bo der som utlending, fordi hungersnøden var hard i landet.

There was a famine in the land. Abram went down into Egypt to live as a foreigner there, for the famine was sore in the land.

11 Da han nærmet seg Egypt, sa han til Sarai, sin kone: "Hør nå, jeg vet at du er en vakker kvinne.

It happened, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said to Sarai his wife, "See now, I know that you are a beautiful woman to look on.

12 Når egypterne ser deg, kommer de til å si: 'Det er hans kone.' Da vil de drepe meg, men la deg leve.

It will happen, when the Egyptians will see you, that they will say, 'This is his wife.' They will kill me, but they will save you alive.

13 Si derfor at du er min søster, så det går bra med meg for din skyld, og så jeg kan beholde livet på grunn av deg."

Please say that you are my sister, that it may be well with me for your sake, and that my soul may live because of you."

14 Da Abram kom til Egypt, så egypterne at hun var en meget vakker kvinne.

It happened that when Abram had come into Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful.

15 Faraos stormenn så henne og roste henne for Farao, og kvinnen ble tatt inn i Faraos hus.

The princes of Pharaoh saw her, and praised her to Pharaoh; and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.

16 Han behandlet Abram godt for hennes skyld og ga ham sauer, storfe, esler, slaver, slavekvinner, eselhopper og kameler.

He dealt well with Abram for her sake. He had sheep, and oxen, and male donkeys, and men-servants, and maid-servants, and female donkeys, and camels.

17 Men Herren lot store plager ramme Farao og hans hus på grunn av Sarai, Abrams kone.

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

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

Pharaoh called Abram, and said, "What is this that you have done to me? Why didn't you tell me that she was your wife?

19 Hvorfor sa du: 'Hun er min søster,' slik at jeg tok henne til min kone? Her er din kone, ta henne og dra!"

Why did you say, 'She is my sister,' so that I took her to be my wife? Now therefore, see your wife, take her, and go your way."

20 Farao ga ordre til mennene om å følge ham ut, med sin kone og alt han eide.

Pharaoh gave men charge concerning him: and they brought him on the way, and his wife, and all that he had.