¹ Yahuah (Yah) said to Abram (Abraham), "Leave yourself country, yourself relatives, and yourself father's house, and go to the land that I’ll show yourself. ² I’ll make yourself a great nation; I’ll bless yourself and make yourself name great, and yourself will be a blessing. ³ I’ll bless those who bless yourself and curse anyone who curses yourself. All the families of the earth will be blessed through yourself." ⁴ So Abram left, just as Yahuah (Yah) had told him, and Lot (Lot) went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Charan (Haran). ⁵ Abram took his wife Sarai (Sarah), his nephew Lot, all the possessions they’d gathered, and the people they’d acquired in Charan. They set out for the land of <span class="ytc-term" data-term="Kena'an" title="Means 'lowland' or 'merchant.' Son of <span class="ytc-term" data-term="Cham" title="Means 'hot' or 'burnt.' The second son of Nuach (Noah). Father of Kush (Ethiopia/Africa), Mitsrayim (Egypt), Phut (Libya/North Africa), and Kena'an. Ancestor...">Cham, grandson of Nuach. Ancestor of the Canaanite nations who occupied the land promised to Yashar'el. Pronounced: Keh...">Kena'an (Canaan), and they arrived there. ⁶ Abram traveled through the land as far as the site of Shekem (Shechem), to the oak of Moreh (Moreh). At that time, the Kena'aniy (Canaanites) were living in the land. ⁷ Yahuah (Yah) appeared to Abram and said, "I’ll give this land to yourself offspring." So Abram built an altar there to Yahuah, who’d appeared to him. ⁸ From there, he moved on to the hill country east of Beyt-El (Bethel) and pitched his tent, with Beyt-El to the west and Ai (Ai) to the east. There he built an altar to Yahuah (Yah) and called on the name of Yahuah. ⁹ Then Abram continued his journey, heading toward the Negev (Negev) in the south. ¹⁰ Now there was a famine in the land. Because the famine was so severe, Abram went down to <span class="ytc-term" data-term="Mitsrayim" title="The Hebrew name for Egypt, meaning 'two straits' or 'two boundaries.' Son of <span class="ytc-term" data-term="Cham" title="Means 'hot' or 'burnt.' The second son of Nuach (Noah). Father of Kush (Ethiopia/Africa), Mitsrayim (Egypt), Phut (Libya/North Africa), and Kena'an. Ancestor...">Cham and ancestor of the Egyptians. The land of bondage for the children of Yash...">Mitsrayim (Egypt) to live there for a while. ¹¹ As he was about to enter <span class="ytc-term" data-term="Mitsrayim" title="The Hebrew name for Egypt, meaning 'two straits' or 'two boundaries.' Son of <span class="ytc-term" data-term="Cham" title="Means 'hot' or 'burnt.' The second son of Nuach (Noah). Father of Kush (Ethiopia/Africa), Mitsrayim (Egypt), Phut (Libya/North Africa), and Kena'an. Ancestor...">Cham and ancestor of the Egyptians. The land of bondage for the children of Yash...">Mitsrayim, he said to his wife Sarai, "Look, I know that yourself are a beautiful woman to look at. ¹² When the Mitsriym (Egyptians) see yourself, they’ll say, 'This is his wife.' Then they’ll kill me but let yourself live. ¹³ Please say yourself are my sister so that I’ll be treated well for yourself sake, and my life will be spared because of yourself." ¹⁴ When Abram entered <span class="ytc-term" data-term="Mitsrayim" title="The Hebrew name for Egypt, meaning 'two straits' or 'two boundaries.' Son of <span class="ytc-term" data-term="Cham" title="Means 'hot' or 'burnt.' The second son of Nuach (Noah). Father of Kush (Ethiopia/Africa), Mitsrayim (Egypt), Phut (Libya/North Africa), and Kena'an. Ancestor...">Cham and ancestor of the Egyptians. The land of bondage for the children of Yash...">Mitsrayim, the Mitsriym saw that Sarai was a very beautiful woman. ¹⁵ Pharaoh (Pharaoh)’s officials also saw her and praised her to Pharaoh; so Sarai was taken into Pharaoh’s palace.