Genesis · Chapter 12

[ edit] The Lord forſoþe ſeide to Abram, Go out fro þi lond, and fro þi kynreden, and fro þe hows of þi fadir, and com in to þe lond þat I ſhal ſhew to þee; and I ſhal make þee in to a greet folk of kynde, and I ſhal blis to þee, and I ſhal magnyfie þi name, and þow ſhalt be bliſſid; and I ſhal blis to þoo þat bliſſen þee, and I ſhal curſe to þoo þat curſen þee; and in þee ſhal be bliſſyd alle coſynages of þe erþe. And ſo Abraam ȝede out, as þe Lord comaundide to hym, and Loþ ȝede wiþ hym. Of ſeuenti and fyue ȝeers was Abram whan he ſhulde go fro Aran.

And he toke Saray, his wijf, and Loþ, þe ſone of his broþer, and al þe ſubſtaunce þat þei hadden, and þe lyues þat þei maden in Aran; and þei ȝeden out þat þei myȝten gon in to þe lond of Chanaan. And whan þei weren comen into it, Abram paſſide þurȝ þe lond vnto þe place of Sichim, and vnto þe noble valeye. Chananeus forſoþe was þanne in þe lond. Þe Lord forſoþe apperyde to Abram, and ſeide to hym, I ſhal ȝyue to þi ſeed þis lond. Þe which bildide þere an auter to þe Lord, þe which had apperyd to hym, and he inwardly callide þere þe name of him. And fro þens ouerpaſſynge to þe mownt þat was aȝens þe eſt of Betel, and ſtrauȝte þere his tabernacle, hauynge Betel fro þe weſt, and fro þe eſt Hay.

And he edefiede þere an auter to þe Lord, and inwardli clepide þe name of hym. And Abram ȝede goynge, and ferþermore paſſynge to þe weſt. Forſoþe hungur was maad in þe lond; and Abram deſcendide into Egipt, þat he myȝte pilgrimage þere; forſoþe hungir wex greet in þe lond. And whan he was nyȝe þat he ſhulde go into Egipt, he ſeide to Saray, his wijf, I knew þat a fayr woman þow art, and þat whan Egipciens ſhulen ſe þee, þei ben to ſeyn, þe wijf of hym ſhe is, and þei ſhal ſlee me, and þee þei ſhal reſerue. Seie þanne, I preye þee, þat þow art my ſiſtre, þat it be to me wel for þee, and my ſowle lyue for þe grace of þee.

And ſo whan Abram was gon into Egipt, Egipciens ſawen þe woman þat ſhe was ful fayre; and þe princis tolden to Pharao, and preyſeden hir anentys hym; and þe woman was takun into þe hows of Pharao. Abram forſoþe þei wel vſeden for hir; and þere weren to hym ſheep, and oxen, and he aſſis, and ſeruauntis, and meynes, and ſhe aſſis, and camelis. Þe Lord forſoþe ſcourgide Pharao wiþ mooſt plagis and þe hows of hym, for Saray, Abrams wijf. And Pharao clepide Abram, and ſeide to hym, What forſoþe is þis þat to me þow haſt don? why ſhewide þow not to me þat ſhe was þi wijf? for what cauſe ſeidiſt þow hir to be þi ſiſter, þat to me I ſhulde take hir into a wijf?

Now þanne ſe! þi wijf, and take hir and go. And Pharao comaundide vpon Abram two men, and þei conueyden hym, and þe wijf of him, and al þat he had.