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Promises to Abram

¹Now the ⚓Lord had said to Abram:
“Get ⚓out of your country,
From your family
And from your father’s house,
To a land that I will show you.
²⚓I will make you a great nation;
⚓I will bless you
And make your name great;
⚓And you shall be a blessing.
³⚓I will bless those who bless you,
And I will curse him who curses you;
And in ⚓you all the families of the earth shall be ⚓blessed.”
⁴So Abram departed as the Lord had spoken to him, and Lot went with him. And Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran. ⁵Then Abram took Sarai his wife and Lot his brother’s son, and all their possessions that they had gathered, and ⚓the people whom they had acquired in ⚓Haran, and they ⚓departed to go to the land of Canaan. So they came to the land of Canaan. ⁶Abram ⚓passed through the land to the place of Shechem, ⚓as far as the terebinth tree of Moreh. ⚓And the Canaanites were then in the land.
⁷⚓Then the Lord appeared to Abram and said, ⚓“To your descendants I will give this land.” And there he built an ⚓altar to the Lord, who had appeared to him. ⁸And he moved from there to the mountain east of Bethel, and he pitched his tent with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east; there he built an altar to the Lord and ⚓called on the name of the Lord. ⁹So Abram journeyed, ⚓going on still toward the South.

Abram in Egypt

¹⁰Now there was ⚓a famine in the land, and Abram ⚓went down to Egypt to dwell there, for the famine was⚓severe in the land. ¹¹And it came to pass, when he was close to entering Egypt, that he said to Sarai his wife, “Indeed I know that you are⚓a woman of beautiful countenance. ¹²Therefore it will happen, when the Egyptians see you, that they will say, ‘This is his wife’; and they ⚓will kill me, but they will let you live. ¹³⚓Please say you are my ⚓sister, that it may be well with me for your sake, and that I may live because of you.”
¹⁴So it was, when Abram came into Egypt, that the Egyptians saw the woman, that she was very beautiful. ¹⁵The princes of Pharaoh also saw her and commended her to Pharaoh. And the woman was taken to Pharaoh’s house. ¹⁶He ⚓treated Abram well for her sake. He ⚓had sheep, oxen, male donkeys, male and female servants, female donkeys, and camels.
¹⁷But the Lord⚓plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram’s wife. ¹⁸And Pharaoh called Abram and said, ⚓“What is this you have done to me? Why did you not tell me that she was your wife? ¹⁹Why did you say, ‘She is my sister’? I might have taken her as my wife. Now therefore, here is your wife; take her and go your way.” ²⁰⚓So Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him; and they sent him away, with his wife and all that he had.

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Tơlơi Ơi Adai Iâu Abram

¹Hơmâo sa wơ̆t Yahweh pơhiăp hăng Abram tui anai, “Tơbiă đuaĭ bĕ mơ̆ng lŏn čar ih, mơ̆ng kơnung djuai ih laih anŭn mơ̆ng sang anŏ ama ih, hăng nao bĕ pơ anih lŏn Kâo či kơčrâo brơi kơ ih.⚓
²“Kâo či pơjing kơ ih jing sa kơnung djuai prŏng.
Kâo či bơni hiam kơ ih;
Kâo či ngă brơi anăn ih jing hĭ hing ang,
tui anŭn yơh ih či jing hĭ sa tơlơi mơyŭn hiam yơh.
³Kâo či bơni hiam kơ hlơi pô bơni hiam kơ ih,
samơ̆ Kâo či hơtŏm păh hlơi pô hơtŏm păh kơ ih.
Laih anŭn mơ̆ng ih yơh Kâo či bơni hiam kơ abih bang kơnung djuai mơnuih.”⚓
⁴Tui anŭn, Abram tơbiă nao kar hăng Yahweh hơmâo iâu laih; laih anŭn Lot ăt nao hrŏm hăng ñu mơ̆n. Abram hlak tơjuhpluh-rơma thŭn tơdang ñu tơbiă mơ̆ng Haran. ⁵Abram mă ba bơnai ñu HʼSarai, amôn ñu Lot, wơ̆t hăng abih bang dram gơnam ñu hơmâo laih anŭn abih ƀing hlŭn gơñu hơmâo laih pơ Haran, laih anŭn ƀing gơñu čơdơ̆ng tơbiă nao pơ anih lŏn Kanaan. Hlak ƀing gơñu mŭt rai amăng Kanaan, ⁶Abram rơbat găn tring anai hlŏng truh pơ anih kơyâo rơgoh hiam Môreh ƀơi Sekhem. Hlak anŭn, ƀing Kanaan ăt dŏ hơdip amăng tring anŭn mơ̆n.
⁷Yahweh pơƀuh rai kơ Abram hăng laĭ kơ ñu, “Anih lŏn anai yơh Kâo či brơi kơ kơnung djuai ih.” Giŏng anŭn, Abram pơkra sa boh kơnưl ngă yang ƀơi anih anŭn kơ Yahweh, jing Pô hơmâo pơƀuh rai laih kơ ñu.⚓
⁸Mơ̆ng anih anŭn, ñu đuaĭ nao dŏ gah khul bŏl čư̆⚓ gah ngŏ̱ kơ plei Bêthêl, laih anŭn pơdơ̆ng đĭ khul sang khăn ñu kơplăh wăh plei Bêthêl dŏ gah yŭ̱ laih anŭn plei Ai dŏ gah ngŏ̱. Pơ anŭn ñu pơkra sa boh kơnưl ngă yang laih anŭn iâu kwưh ƀơi anăn Yahweh. ⁹Giŏng anŭn, Abram đuaĭ nao ƀrư̆ mơ̆ng rĭm anih truh pơ tring anih Negewơ, jing anih gah thu̱ng.

Abram Ƀlŏr Hăng Pharaoh Kơ Tơlơi Bơnai Ñu

¹⁰Hlak anŭn hơmâo tơlơi ư̆ rơpa amăng tring Kanaan laih anŭn Abram đuaĭ nao ataih jai gah yŭ̱ truh pơ lŏn čar Êjip, kiăng kơ dŏ pơ anŭn ƀiă thŭn yuakơ hơmâo tơlơi rơpa prŏng biă mă pơ tring Kanaan anai. ¹¹Tơdang ñu jĕ či mŭt nao amăng guai čar Êjip, ñu pơtă kơ bơnai ñu HʼSarai tui anai, “Ih jing sa čô đah bơnai hiam. ¹²Tơdah ƀing Êjip ƀuh ih, ƀing gơñu či laĭ, ‘Anai jing bơnai ñu,’ giŏng anŭn ƀing gơñu pơdjai hĭ kâo hăng brơi kơ ih hơdip. ¹³Samơ̆ laĭ bĕ kơ ƀing gơñu ih jing adơi kâo, hơnŭn yơh yuakơ ih yơh ƀing gơñu či brơi kơ kâo dŏ hơdip laih anŭn ju̱m kâo hăng tơlơi mơak.”⚓ ¹⁴Tơdang Abram mŭt amăng čar Êjip, ƀing Êjip ƀuh yơh bơnai gơ̆ jing sa čô hiam bơnai. ¹⁵Ƀing mă bruă kơ pơtao Pharaoh ƀuh HʼSarai, ƀing gơñu ruai đah bơnai hiam anŭn kơ pơtao; tui anŭn arăng mă ba gơ̆ mŭt amăng sang pơtao kiăng jing bơnai pơtao. ¹⁶Yuakơ HʼSarai yơh pơtao anŭn ju̱m mă Abram hăng tơlơi mơak laih anŭn brơi kơ gơ̆ ƀing hlŭn wơ̆t hăng hơdôm hlô mơnơ̆ng rong, jing tơpul triu, bơbe, rơmô, aseh glai laih anŭn tơpul aseh samô.
¹⁷Samơ̆ yuakơ pơtao mă hĭ HʼSarai, Yahweh mơit rai tơlơi ruă tơnap biă mă ƀơi pơtao Pharaoh laih anŭn ƀơi ƀing mơnuih amăng sang anŏ ñu. ¹⁸Tui anŭn, pơtao brơi iâu rai Abram hăng tơña, “Hơget tơlơi ih hơmâo ngă laih kơ kâo lĕ? Yua hơget ih ƀu ruai brơi kơ kâo thâo đah kơmơi anŭn jing bơnai ih lĕ? ¹⁹Yua hơget ih laĭ ñu jing adơi ih, tui anŭn kâo mă pơđuaĭ hĭ ñu kiăng kơ jing bơnai kâo lĕ? Hĕ anai, bơnai ih, mă ñu hăng đuaĭ bĕ!” ²⁰Pơtao pơđar kơ ƀing tơhan ñu, tui anŭn ƀing tơhan ñu ba pơđuaĭ hĭ Abram mơ̆ng čar Êjip wơ̆t hăng bơnai gơ̆ laih anŭn abih bang gơnam hơget gơ̆ hơmâo laih mơ̆n.