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Genesis 12
The patriarchal narrative begins with a command and a sevenfold promise: Abram, age seventy-five, leaves Haran for an unnamed land, taking Sarai and his nephew Lot. He stops at Shechem and near Bethel, building altars where the LORD appears. Watch the swerve in verses 10-20. Famine drives Abram to Egypt, where he passes Sarai off as his sister to save himself, Pharaoh takes her, and plague forces the truth out. The man entrusted with blessing nearly loses it through fear.
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Now the LORD said to Abram, “Leave your country, and your relatives, and your father’s house, and go to the land that I will show you.
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I will make of you a great nation. I will bless you and make your name great. You will be a blessing.
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I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who treats you with contempt. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you.”
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So Abram went, as the LORD had told him. Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran.
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Abram took Sarai his wife, Lot his brother’s son, all their possessions that they had gathered, and the people whom they had acquired in Haran, and they went to go into the land of Canaan. They entered into the land of Canaan.
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Abram passed through the land to the place of Shechem, to the oak of Moreh. At that time, Canaanites were in the land.
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The LORD appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your offspring.” He built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.
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He left from there to go 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 the LORD and called on the LORD’s name.
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Abram traveled, still going on toward the South.
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There was a famine in the land. Abram went down into Egypt to live as a foreigner there, for the famine was severe in the land.
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When he had come near to enter Egypt, he said to Sarai his wife, “See now, I know that you are a beautiful woman to look at.
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It will happen that when the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife.’ They will kill me, but they will save you alive.
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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.”
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When Abram had come into Egypt, some Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful.
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The princes of Pharaoh saw her, and praised her to Pharaoh; and the woman was taken into Pharaoh’s house.
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He dealt well with Abram for her sake. He had sheep, cattle, male donkeys, male servants, female servants, female donkeys, and camels.
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The LORD afflicted Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram’s wife.
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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?
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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.”
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Pharaoh commanded men concerning him, and they escorted him away with his wife and all that he had.
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Ora, o SENHOR disse a Abrão: “Saia da sua terra, dos seus parentes e da casa do seu pai, e vá para a terra que eu lhe mostrarei.
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Farei de você uma grande nação. Eu o abençoarei e engrandecerei o seu nome. Você será uma bênção.
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Abençoarei os que o abençoarem, e amaldiçoarei aquele que o tratar com desprezo. Todas as famílias da terra serão abençoadas por meio de você.”
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Então Abrão foi, como o SENHOR lhe havia dito. Ló foi com ele. Abrão tinha setenta e cinco anos de idade quando partiu de Harã.
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Abrão levou Sarai, sua mulher, Ló, o filho de seu irmão, todos os bens que haviam acumulado e as pessoas que haviam adquirido em Harã, e partiram para ir à terra de Canaã. Eles entraram na terra de Canaã.
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Abrão atravessou a terra até o lugar de Siquém, até o carvalho de Moré. Naquele tempo, os cananeus estavam na terra.
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O SENHOR apareceu a Abrão e disse: “Darei esta terra à sua descendência.” Ele edificou ali um altar ao SENHOR, que lhe havia aparecido.
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Ele partiu dali para o monte a leste de Betel e armou sua tenda, tendo Betel a oeste e Ai a leste. Ali ele edificou um altar ao SENHOR e invocou o nome do SENHOR.
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Abrão viajou, seguindo sempre em direção ao Sul.
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Houve fome na terra. Abrão desceu ao Egito para viver ali como estrangeiro, pois a fome era severa na terra.
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Quando ele estava chegando perto de entrar no Egito, disse a Sarai, sua mulher: “Veja bem, eu sei que você é uma mulher de bela aparência.
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Acontecerá que, quando os egípcios a virem, dirão: ‘Esta é a mulher dele.’ Eles me matarão, mas deixarão você viva.
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Por favor, diga que você é minha irmã, para que tudo vá bem comigo por sua causa, e para que a minha alma viva por causa de você.”
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Quando Abrão entrou no Egito, alguns egípcios viram que a mulher era muito bonita.
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Os príncipes do Faraó a viram e a elogiaram diante do Faraó; e a mulher foi levada para a casa do Faraó.
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Ele tratou bem a Abrão por causa dela. Ele veio a ter ovelhas, gado, jumentos, servos, servas, jumentas e camelos.
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O SENHOR afligiu o Faraó e a sua casa com grandes pragas por causa de Sarai, mulher de Abrão.
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O Faraó chamou Abrão e disse: “O que é isso que você fez comigo? Por que não me disse que ela era sua mulher?
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Por que você disse: ‘Ela é minha irmã’, de modo que eu a tomei para ser minha mulher? Agora, portanto, eis a sua mulher; tome-a e siga o seu caminho.”
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O Faraó deu ordens aos homens a respeito dele, e eles o escoltaram para longe com a sua mulher e com tudo o que ele tinha.
Blessing entangled with deception
The promise that "all the families of the earth will be blessed" through Abram (v.3) collides almost at once with his half-truth in Egypt. Sarai, the future mother of the nation, ends up in Pharaoh's house.
It is Pharaoh, not Abram, who voices the rebuke in verse 18, and God's plagues, not Abram's faith, that rescue Sarai. The chapter sets up a recurring pattern: the covenant advances despite the patriarch's lapses, not because of his flawless conduct.
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