Then the LORde sayd vnto Abrã Gett the out of thy contre and from thy
kynred/ and out of thy fathers house/ into a londe which I wyll shewe
the. And I wyll make of the a myghtie people/ and wyll blesse the/ and
make thy name grete/ that thou mayst be a blessinge. And I wyll blesse
thẽ that blesse the/ ãd curse thẽ that curse the. And in the
shall be blessed all the generations of the erth.
And Abram wẽt as the LORde badd hym/ and Lot went wyth hym. Abram was
.lxxv. yere olde/ when he went out of Haran. And Abram toke Sarai his
wyfe ãd Lot his brothers sonne/ wyth all their goodes which they had
goten and soulles which they had begoten in Haran. And they departed
to goo in to the lãde of Chanaan. And when they were come in to the
lande of Chanaan/ Abram went furth in to the lãde tyll he came vnto a
place called Sychem/ and vnto the oke of More. And the Canaanytes
dwelled then in the lande.
Then the LORde apeared vnto Abram ãd sayd: vnto thy seed wyll I geue
thys lãde. And he buylded an aultere there vnto the LORDE which
apeared to hym. Then departed he thence vnto a mountayne that lyeth on
the east syde of BETHEL and pytched his tente: BETHEL beynge on the
west syde/ and Ay on the east: And he buylded there an aulter vnto the
LORde/ and called on the name of y^e LORde. And than Abram departed
and toke his iourney southwarde
After thys there came a derth in the lande. And Abram went doune in to
Egipte to soiourne there/ for the derth was sore in the lande. And
when he was come nye for to entre in to Egipte/ he sayd vnto Sarai his
wife. Beholde/ I knowe that thou art a fayre woman to loke apõ. It
wyll come to passe therfore whẽ the Egiptians see the/ that they wyll
say: she is his wyfe. And so shall they sley me and save the. Saye I
praye the therfore that thou art my sister/ that I maye fare the
better by reason of the and that my soule may lyue for thy sake.
As soone as he came in to Egipte/ the Egiptiãs sawe the woman that she
was very fayre. And Pharaos lordes sawe hir also/ and praysed hir vnto
Pharao: So that she was taken in to Pharaos house/ which entreated
Abram well for hir sake/ so that he had shepe/ oxsen ãd he asses/ men
seruantes/ mayde seruãtes/ she asses and camels.
But God plaged Pharao/ and his house wyth grete plages/ because of
Sarai Abrams wyfe. Then Pharao called Abram and sayd: why hast thou
thus dealt with me? Wherfore toldest thou me not that she was thy
wyfe? Why saydest thou that she was thy sister/ and causedest me to
take hyr to my wyfe? But now loo/ there is the wife/ take hir ãd be
walkynge. Pharao also gaue a charge vnto his men over Abram/ to leade
hym out/ wyth his wyfe and all that he had.
¶ The .xiij. Chapter.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
Reviews
Reviews
No reviews yet
Be the first to share your thoughts on this work.
Join the Discussion
Join the discussion
Sign in to leave a comment or review.
Sign InorCreate an account