Genesis 12
Thomson 1808
Brenton 1851
Greek · Brenton
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ThomsonNOW the Lord said to Abram, Depart from thy land and from thy kindred and from the house of thy father and come to the land which I will shew thee,
BrentonAnd the Lord said to Abram, Go forth out of thy land and out of thy kindred, and out of the house of thy father, and come into the land which I shall shew thee.
GreekΚαὶ εἶπε Κύριος τῷ Ἅβραμ, ἔξελθε ἐκ τῆς γῆς σου, καὶ ἐκ τῆς συγγενείας σου, καὶ ἐκ τοῦ οἴκου τοῦ πατρός σου, καὶ δεῦρο εἰς τὴν γῆν, ἣν ἄν σοι δείξω.
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Thomsonand I will make thee a great nation; and I will bless thee and make thy name great, and thou shalt be blessed;
BrentonAnd I will make thee a great nation, and I will bless thee and magnify thy name, and thou shalt be blessed.
GreekΚαὶ ποιήσω σε εἰς ἔθνος μέγα, καὶ εὐλογήσω σε, καὶ μεγαλυνῶ τὸ ὄνομά σου, καὶ ἔσῃ εὐλογημένος.
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Thomsonand I will bless them, who bless thee; and those who curse thee I will curse: and by thee all the tribes of the earth shalt be blessed.
BrentonAnd I will bless those that bless thee, and curse those that curse thee, and in thee shall all the tribes of the earth be blessed.
GreekΚαὶ εὐλογήσω τοὺς εὐλογοῦντάς σε, καὶ τοὺς καταρωμένους σε καταράσομαι, καὶ ἐνευλογηθήσονται ἐν σοὶ πᾶσαι αἱ φυλαὶ τῆς γῆς.
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ThomsonSo Abram went as the Lord commanded him, and Lot went with him.
Now Abram was seventy-five years old when he came out of Charran.
Now Abram was seventy-five years old when he came out of Charran.
BrentonAnd Abram went as the Lord spoke to him, and Lot departed with him, and Abram was seventy-five years old, when he went out of Charrhan.
GreekΚαὶ ἐπορεύθη Ἅβραμ, καθάπερ ἐλάλησεν αὐτῷ Κύριος, καὶ ᾤχετο μετʼ αὐτοῦ Λώτ· Ἅβραμ δὲ ἦν ἐτῶν ἑβδομηκονταπέντε, ὅτε ἐξῆλθεν ἐκ Χαῤῥάν.
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ThomsonAnd Abram took Sara his wife, and Lot his brother’s son, and all their substance which they possessed, and every living creature which they had, and set out from Charran to go to the land of Chanaan.
BrentonAnd Abram took Sara his wife, and Lot the son of his brother, and all their possessions, as many as they had got, and every soul which they had got in Charrhan, and they went forth to go into the land of Chanaan.
GreekΚαὶ ἔλαβεν Ἅβραμ Σάραν τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ, καὶ τὸν Λὼτ υἱὸν τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ αὐτοῦ, καὶ πάντα τὰ ὑπάρχοντα αὐτῶν ὅσα ἐκτήσαντο, καὶ πᾶσαν ψυχὴν ἣν ἐκτήσαντο, ἐκ Χαῤῥάν, καὶ ἐξήλθοσαν πορευθῆναι εἰς γῆν Χανάαν.
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ThomsonAnd Abram travelled through the land lengthwise till he came to the place of Sychem to the lofty oak.
Now the Chananites at that time inhabited that land.
Now the Chananites at that time inhabited that land.
BrentonAnd Abram traversed the land lengthwise as far as the place Sychem, to the high oak, and the Chananites then inhabited the land.
GreekΚαὶ διώδευσεν Ἅβραμ τὴν γῆν εἰς τὸ μῆκος αὐτῆς ἕως τοῦ τόπου Συχέμ, ἐπὶ τὴν δρῦν τὴν ὑψηλήν· οἱ δὲ Χαναναῖοι τότε κατῴκουν τὴν γῆν.
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ThomsonAnd the Lord appeared to Abram, and said to him, To thy seed I will give this land. So Abram built there an altar to the Lord who appeared to him.
BrentonAnd the Lord appeared to Abram, and said to him, I will give this land to thy seed. And Abram built an altar there to the Lord, who appeared to him.
GreekΚαὶ ὤφθη Κύριος τῷ Ἅβραμ, καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ, τῷ σπέρματί σου δώσω τὴν γῆν ταύτην· καὶ ᾠκοδόμησεν ἐκεῖ Ἅβραμ θυσιαστήριον Κυρίῳ τῷ ὀφθέντι αὐτῷ.
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ThomsonAnd from that place he went to the mountain east of Baithel and there pitched his tent, having Baithel on the west and Aggai on the east, and built there an altar to the Lord and invoked the name of the Lord.
BrentonAnd he departed thence to the mountain eastward of Bæthel, and there he pitched his tent in Bæthel near the sea, and Aggai toward the east, and there he built an altar to the Lord, and called on the name of the Lord.
GreekΚαὶ ἀπέστη ἐκεῖθεν εἰς τὸ ὄρος κατὰ ἀνατολὰς Βαιθήλ· καὶ ἔστησεν ἐκεῖ τὴν σκηνὴν αὐτοῦ ἐν Βαιθὴλ κατὰ θάλασσαν, καὶ Ἀγγαὶ κατὰ ἀνατολάς· καὶ ᾠκοδόμησεν ἐκεῖ θυσιαστήριον τῷ Κυρίῳ, καὶ ἐπεκαλέσατο ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματι Κυρίου.
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ThomsonAnd Abram removed and proceeding forward encamped in the wilderness.
BrentonAnd Abram departed and went and encamped in the wilderness.
GreekΚαὶ ἀπῇρεν Ἅβραμ, καὶ πορευθεὶς ἐστρατοπέδευσεν ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ.
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ThomsonAnd there was a famine in the land, so Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there, because the famine prevailed in the land.
BrentonAnd there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there, because the famine prevailed in the land.
GreekΚαὶ ἐγένετο λιμὸς ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς· καὶ κατέβη Ἅβραμ εἰς Αἴγυπτον παροικῆσαι ἐκεῖ, ὅτι ἐνίσχυσεν ὁ λιμὸς ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.
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ThomsonAnd when Abram was near entering Egypt, he said to his wife Sara, I know that because thou art a beautiful woman,
BrentonAnd it came to pass when Abram drew nigh to enter into Egypt, Abram said to Sara his wife, I know that thou art a fair woman.
GreekἘγένετο δὲ ἡνίκα ἤγγισεν Ἅβραμ εἰσελθεῖν εἰς Αἴγυπτον, εἶπεν Ἅβραμ Σάρα τῇ γυναικὶ, γινώσκω ἐγὼ, ὅτι γυνὴ εὐπρόσωπος εἶ.
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Thomsonit will therefore come to pass that when the Egyptians see thee, they will say, She is his wife, and they will kill me; but thee they will save alive.
BrentonIt shall come to pass then that when the Egyptians shall see thee, they shall say, This is his wife, and they shall slay me, but they shall save thee alive.
GreekἜσται οὖν ὡς ἂν ἴδωσί σε οἱ Αἰγύπτιοι, ἐροῦσιν ὅτι γυνὴ αὐτοῦ ἐστιν αὐτὴ, καὶ ἀποκτενοῦσί με, σὲ δὲ περιποιήσονται.
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ThomsonSay thou therefore, I am his sister, that it may be well with me on thy account, and my life will be preserved for thy sake.
BrentonSay, therefore, I am his sister, that it may be well with me on account of thee, and my soul shall live because of thee.
GreekΕἶπον οὖν, ὅτι ἀδελφὴ αὐτοῦ εἰμι, ὅπως ἄν εὖ μοι γένηται διὰ σὲ, καὶ ζήσεται ἡ ψυχή μου ἕνεκέν σου.
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ThomsonSo when Abram came into Egypt the Egyptians beheld his wife, for she was very beautiful;
BrentonAnd it came to pass when Abram entered into Egypt—the Egyptians having seen his wife that she was very beautiful—
GreekἘγένετο δὲ, ἡνίκα εἰσῆλθεν Ἅβραμ εἰς Αἴγυπτον, ἰδόντες οἱ Αἰγύπτιοι τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ, ὅτι καλὴ ἦν σφόδρα.
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Thomsonand when the princes of Pharaoh saw her they praised her to Pharaoh, and she was brought to Pharaoh’s house.
Brentonthat the princes of Pharao saw her, and praised her to Pharao and brought her into the house of Pharao.
GreekΚαὶ ἴδον αὐτὴν οἱ ἄρχοντες Φαραὼ, καὶ ἐπῄνεσαν αὐτὴν πρὸς Φαραὼ, καὶ εἰσήγαγον αὐτὴν εἰς τὸν οἶκον Φαραώ.
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ThomsonAnd they treated Abram well for her sake, though he had sheep and oxen and asses and men servants and maid servants and mules and camels.
BrentonAnd they treated Abram well on her account, and he had sheep, and calves, and asses, and men-servants, and women-servants, and mules, and camels.
GreekΚαὶ τῷ Ἅβραμ εὖ ἐχρήσαντο διʼ αὐτήν· καὶ ἐγένοντο αὐτῷ πρόβατα, καὶ μόσχοι, καὶ ὄνοι, καὶ παῖδες, καὶ παιδίσκαι, καὶ ἡμίονοι, καὶ κάμηλοι.
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ThomsonBut God visited Pharaoh and his family with great and grievous plagues because of Sara the wife of Abram.
BrentonAnd God afflicted Pharao with great and severe afflictions, and his house, because of Sara, Abram's wife.
GreekΚαὶ ἤτασεν ὁ Θεὸς τὸν Φαραὼ ἐτασμοῖς μεγάλοις καὶ πονηροῖς, καὶ τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ, περὶ Σάρας τῆς γυναικὸς Ἅβραμ.
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ThomsonAnd Pharaoh called Abram and said, Why hast thou acted thus with me and didst not tell me that she is thy wife?
BrentonAnd Pharao having called Abram, said, What is this thou hast done to me, that thou didst not tell me that she was thy wife?
GreekΚαλέσας δὲ Φαραὼ τὸν Ἅβραμ, εἶπεν, τί τοῦτο ἐποίησάς μοι, ὅτι οὐκ ἀπήγγειλάς μοι, ὅτι γυνή σου ἐστίν;
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ThomsonWhy didst thou say, She is my sister? I indeed took her to be my wife, but now there is thy wife before thee. Take her and begone.
BrentonWherefore didst thou say, She is my sister? and I took her for a wife to myself; and now, behold, thy wife is before thee, take her and go quickly away.
GreekἹνατί εἶπας ὅτι ἀδελφή μου ἐστίν; καὶ ἔλαβον αὐτὴν ἐμαυτῷ γυναῖκα· καὶ νῦν ἰδοὺ ἡ γυνή σου ἔναντί σου, λαβὼν ἀπότρεχε.
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ThomsonAnd Pharaoh gave strict orders to men touching Abram, to convoy away him and his wife and all that he had.
BrentonAnd Pharao gave charge to men concerning Abram, to join in sending him forward, and his wife, and all that he had.
GreekΚαὶ ἐνετείλατο Φαραὼ ἀνδράσι περὶ Ἅβραμ συμπροπέμψαι αὐτὸν, καὶ τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ, καὶ πάντα ὅσα ἦν αὐτῷ.