Genesis 12

NEW AMERICAN BIBLE	NOVA VULGATA
1 The LORD said to Abram: "Go forth from the land of your kinsfolk and from your father's house to a land that I will show you.	1 Dixit autem Dominus ad Abram: “Egredere de terra tua et de cognatione tua et de domo patris tui in terram, quam monstrabo tibi.
2 "I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.	2 Faciamque te in gentem magnam et benedicam tibi et magnificabo nomen tuum, erisque in benedictionem.
3 I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you. All the communities of the earth shall find blessing in you."	3 Benedicam benedicentibus tibi et maledicentibus tibi maledicam, atque in te benedicentur universae cognationes terrae!”.
4 Abram went as the LORD directed him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran.	4 Egressus est itaque Abram, sicut praeceperat ei Dominus, et ivit cum eo Lot. Septuaginta quinque annorum erat Abram, cum egrederetur de Charran.
5 Abram took his wife Sarai, his brother's son Lot, all the possessions that they had accumulated, and the persons they had acquired in Haran, and they set out for the land of Canaan. When they came to the land of Canaan,	5 Tulitque Sarai uxorem suam et Lot filium fratris sui universamque substantiam, quam acquisiverant, et animas, quas fecerant in Charran, et egressi sunt, ut irent in terram Chanaan; et venerunt in terram Chanaan.
6 Abram passed through the land as far as the sacred place at Shechem, by the terebinth of Moreh. (The Canaanites were then in the land.)	6 Pertransivit Abram terram usque ad locum Sichem, usque ad Quercum Moreh. Chananaeus autem tunc erat in terra.
7 The LORD appeared to Abram and said, "To your descendants I will give this land." So Abram built an altar there to the LORD who had appeared to him.	7 Apparuit autem Dominus Abram et dixit ei: “Semini tuo dabo terram hanc”. Qui aedificavit ibi altare Domino, qui apparuerat ei.
8 From there he moved on to the hill country east of Bethel, pitching his tent with Bethel to the west and Ai to the east. He built an altar there to the LORD and invoked the LORD by name.	8 Et inde transgrediens ad montem, qui erat contra orientem Bethel, tetendit ibi tabernaculum suum ab occidente habens Bethel et ab oriente Hai; aedificavit quoque ibi altare Domino et invocavit nomen Domini.
9 Then Abram journeyed on by stages to the Negeb.	9 Perrexitque Abram de mansione in mansionem usque ad Nageb.
10 There was famine in the land; so Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there, since the famine in the land was severe.	10 Facta est autem fames in terra; descenditque Abram in Aegyptum, ut peregrinaretur ibi; praevaluerat enim fames in terra.
11 When he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai: "I know well how beautiful a woman you are.	11 Cumque prope esset, ut ingrederetur Aegyptum, dixit Sarai uxori suae: “Novi quod pulchra sis mulier
12 When the Egyptians see you, they will say, 'She is his wife'; then they will kill me, but let you live.	12 et quod, cum viderint te Aegyptii, dicturi sunt: "Uxor ipsius est"; et interficient me et te reservabunt.
13 Please say, therefore, that you are my sister, so that it may go well with me on your account and my life may be spared for your sake."	13 Dic ergo, obsecro te, quod soror mea sis, ut bene sit mihi propter te, et vivat anima mea ob gratiam tui”.
14 When Abram came to Egypt, the Egyptians saw how beautiful the woman was; and when Pharaoh's courtiers saw her,	14 Cum itaque ingressus esset Abram Aegyptum, viderunt Aegyptii mulierem quod esset pulchra nimis,
15 they praised her to Pharaoh. So she was taken into Pharaoh's palace.	15 et viderunt eam principes pharaonis et laudaverunt eam apud illum; et sublata est mulier in domum pharaonis.
16 On her account it went very well with Abram, and he received flocks and herds, male and female slaves, male and female asses, and camels.	16 Abram vero bene usus est propter illam; fueruntque ei oves et boves et asini et servi et famulae et asinae et cameli.
17 But the LORD struck Pharaoh and his household with severe plagues because of Abram's wife Sarai.	17 Flagellavit autem Dominus pharaonem plagis maximis et domum eius propter Sarai uxorem Abram.
18 Then Pharaoh summoned Abram and said to him: "How could you do this to me! Why didn't you tell me she was your wife?	18 Vocavitque pharao Abram et dixit ei: “Quidnam est hoc quod fecisti mihi? Quare non indicasti mihi quod uxor tua esset?
19 Why did you say, 'She is my sister,' so that I took her for my wife? Here, then, is your wife. Take her and be gone!"	19 Quam ob causam dixisti esse sororem tuam, ut tollerem eam mihi in uxorem? Nunc igitur, ecce coniux tua: accipe eam et vade!”.
20 Then Pharaoh gave men orders concerning him, and they sent him on his way, with his wife and all that belonged to him.	20 Praecepitque pharao super Abram viris; et deduxerunt eum et uxorem illius et omnia, quae habebat.