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Book of Genesis, Chapter 12

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Chapter 12 of Genesis—New World Translation (NWT)

  1. ¶ And Jehovah proceeded to say to Aʹbram: “Go your way out of your country and from your relatives[a] and from the house of your father to the country that I shall show you;1
  2. and I shall make a great nation out of you and I shall bless you and I will make your name great; and prove yourself a blessing.2
  3. And I will bless those who bless you, and him that calls down evil upon you I shall curse,3 and all the families of the ground will certainly bless themselves[b] by means of you.”4
  4. ¶ At that Aʹbram went just as Jehovah had spoken to him, and Lot went with him. And Aʹbram was seventy-five years old when he went out from Haʹran.5
  5. So Aʹbram took Sarʹai his wife6 and Lot the son of his brother7 and all the goods that they had accumulated8 and the souls whom they had acquired in Haʹran, and they got on their way out to go to the land of Caʹnaan.9 Finally they came to the land of Caʹnaan.
  6. And Aʹbram went on through the land as far as the site of Sheʹchem,[c]10 near the big trees of Moʹreh;11 and at that time the Caʹnaan·ite was in the land.
  7. Jehovah now appeared to Aʹbram and said: “To your seed12 I am going to give this land.”13 After that he built an altar there to Jehovah, who had appeared to him.
  8. Later he moved from there to the mountainous region to the east of Bethʹel14 and pitched his tent with Bethʹel on the west and Aʹi15 on the east. Then he built an altar there to Jehovah16 and began to call on the name[d] of Jehovah.17
  9. Afterward Aʹbram broke camp, going then from encampment to encampment toward the Negʹeb.[e]18
  10. ¶ Now a famine arose in the land and Aʹbram made his way down toward Egypt to reside there as an alien,19 because the famine was severe in the land.20
  11. And it came about that as soon as he got near to entering Egypt, then he said to Sarʹai his wife: “Please, now! I well know you are a woman beautiful in appearance.21
  12. So it is bound to happen that the Egyptians will see you and will say, ‘This is his wife.’ And they will certainly kill me, but you they will preserve alive.
  13. Please say you are my sister,22 in order that it may go well with me on your account, and my soul will be certain to live due to you.”23
  14. ¶ So it happened that, as soon as Aʹbram entered Egypt, the Egyptians got to see the woman, that she was very beautiful.
  15. And the princes of Pharʹaoh[f] also got to see her and they began praising her to Pharʹaoh, so that the woman was taken to the house of Pharʹaoh.
  16. And he treated Aʹbram well on her account, and he came to have sheep and cattle and asses and menservants and maidservants and she-asses and camels.24
  17. Then Jehovah touched Pharʹaoh and his household with great plagues25 because of Sarʹai, Aʹbram’s wife.26
  18. With that Pharʹaoh called Aʹbram and said: “What is this you have done to me? Why did you not tell me that she was your wife?27
  19. Why did you say, ‘She is my sister,’28 so that I was about to take her as my wife? And now here is your wife. Take her and go!”
  20. And Pharʹaoh issued commands to men concerning him, and they went escorting him and his wife and all that he had.[g]29

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Or, “home.”
  2. ^ “Will be blessed,” LXXVg. See 22:18 ftn.
  3. ^ Now linked with Nablus, particularly with nearby Tell Balatah.
  4. ^ Or, “declare (preach) the name.” See Ex 34:5.
  5. ^ Or, “the south,” that is, the southern part of the Promised Land.
  6. ^ The title “Pharaoh” appears throughout M with no definite article.
  7. ^ SamLXX add, “and Lot with him.”

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Jos 24:3; Ac 7:4
  2. ^ Ge 13:16; 15:5; 17:5; 22:17; Heb 6:14
  3. ^ Ge 27:29; Ex 23:22; Nu 24:9
  4. ^ Zc 8:23; Lu 1:73; Ac 3:25; Ga 3:8
  5. ^ Heb 11:8
  6. ^ Ge 11:29
  7. ^ Ge 11:31
  8. ^ Ge 13:6; Ec 5:19
  9. ^ Ge 26:3
  10. ^ Ac 7:16
  11. ^ Ge 35:4; De 11:30
  12. ^ Ge 3:15; 21:12; 28:14; Ro 9:7; Ga 3:16
  13. ^ Ge 13:15; 15:7; 17:8; De 34:4
  14. ^ Ge 28:19; 31:13
  15. ^ Ge 13:3; Jos 7:2
  16. ^ Ge 8:20; 35:3
  17. ^ Ge 26:25; Pr 18:10; Ro 10:13
  18. ^ Ge 20:1; 24:62
  19. ^ Ge 47:4; De 23:7; Ps 105:13; Ac 7:6
  20. ^ Ge 26:1
  21. ^ Ge 26:7
  22. ^ Ge 12:19
  23. ^ Ge 20:12
  24. ^ Ge 20:14; 24:35
  25. ^ 1Sa 5:11
  26. ^ Ge 11:29; 17:15; 23:19
  27. ^ Ro 7:3
  28. ^ Ge 20:2, 12
  29. ^ Ps 105:14

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Comments

  1. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  2. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  3. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  4. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  5. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  6. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  7. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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