Ang Pagtawag ng Dios kay Abram
1Ngayon, sinabi ng Panginoon kay Abram, “Lisanin mo ang iyong bansa, ang mga kamag-anak mo, at kahit ang sambahayan ng iyong ama, at pumunta ka sa lugar na ipapakita ko sa iyo.
2Gagawin kong isang tanyag na bansa ang lahi mo.
Pagpapalain kita at magiging tanyag ang iyong pangalan.
Sa pamamagitan mo, marami ang pagpapalain.
3Pagpapalain ko ang magmamagandang loob sa iyo.
Pero isusumpa ko naman ang susumpa sa iyo.
Sa pamamagitan mo, pagpapalain ko ang lahat ng tao sa mundo.”
4-5Kaya umalis si Abram sa Haran at pumunta sa Canaan, ayon sa sinabi ng Panginoon sa kanya. Nasa 75 taong gulang noon si Abram. Sumama sa kanya ang pamangkin niyang si Lot. Kasama rin niya ang asawa niyang si Sarai at ang lahat ng ari-arian at aliping natipon nila sa Haran.
6Pagdating nila sa Canaan, nagpatuloy sila hanggang sa nakarating sa malaking puno12:6 malaking puno: Maaaring, puno ng terebinto. Pinaniniwalaang banal na puno ito. ng Moreh roon sa Shekem. (Nang panahong iyon, naroon pa ang mga Cananeo). 7Pagkatapos, nagpakita ang Panginoon kay Abram at sinabi sa kanya, “Ang lupaing ito ay ibibigay ko sa mga lahi mo.” Kaya gumawa ng altar si Abram para sa Panginoon.
8Mula roon, lumipat sila sa bundok na nasa silangan ng Betel, at doon sila nagtayo ng tolda, sa kalagitnaan ng Betel at Ai. Ang Betel ay nasa kanluran at ang Ai naman ay nasa silangan. Gumawa rin doon si Abram ng altar at sumamba sa Panginoon. 9Hindi nagtagal, muli silang lumipat. Nagpatuloy sila sa paglalakbay papunta sa Negev.
Pumunta si Abram sa Egipto
10Ngayon, nagkaroon ng matinding taggutom sa Canaan, kaya pumunta si Abram sa Egipto para roon muna manirahan. 11Nang paparating na sila sa Egipto, sinabi ni Abram sa kanyang asawa, “Sarai, maganda kang babae. 12Kapag nakita ka ng mga Egipcio, sasabihin nila na asawa kita, kaya papatayin nila ako para makuha ka nila. 13Mabuti sigurong sabihin mo sa kanila na magkapatid tayo para hindi nila ako patayin at para maging mabuti ang pakikitungo nila sa akin dahil sa iyo.”
14Kaya pagdating nila sa Egipto, nakita nga ng mga Egipcio ang kagandahan ni Sarai. 15At nang makita siya ng mga opisyal ng Faraon,12:15 Faraon: o, hari ng Egipto. Ganito rin sa talatang 17, 18, at 20. sinabi nila sa hari kung gaano siya kaganda. Kaya dinala si Sarai roon sa palasyo. 16Dahil kay Sarai, naging mabuti ang pakikitungo ng hari kay Abram at binigyan pa siya ng mga tupa, kambing, baka, asno, kamelyo at mga alipin.
17Pero binigyan ng Panginoon ng nakakakilabot na karamdaman ang Faraon at ang mga tauhan niya sa palasyo dahil kay Sarai. 18Nang malaman ng Faraon ang dahilan ng lahat ng ito, ipinatawag niya si Abram at tinanong, “Ano ba itong ginawa mo sa akin? Bakit hindi mo sinabi na asawa mo pala siya? 19Bakit mo sinabing magkapatid kayo? Kaya kinuha ko siya para maging asawa ko. Ngayon, heto ang asawa mo, kunin mo siya at umalis na kayo!” 20Pagkatapos, nag-utos ang Faraon sa mga tauhan niya na paalisin na sila. Kaya dinala nila si Abram palabas ng lupain na iyon at pinaalis kasama ang asawa niya at ang lahat ng ari-arian niya.
God Chooses Abram
1The Lord had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s family. Go to the land I will show you.
2“I will make you into a great nation.
And I will bless you.
I will make your name great.
You will be a blessing to others.
3I will bless those who bless you.
I will put a curse on anyone who puts a curse on you.
All nations on earth
will be blessed because of you.”
4So Abram went, just as the Lord had told him. Lot went with him. Abram was 75 years old when he left Harran. 5He took his wife Sarai and his nephew Lot. They took all the people and possessions they had acquired in Harran. They started out for the land of Canaan. And they arrived there.
6Abram traveled through the land. He went as far as the large tree of Moreh at Shechem. At that time the Canaanites were living in the land. 7The Lord appeared to Abram at Shechem. He said, “I will give this land to your family who comes after you.” So Abram built an altar there to honor the Lord, who had appeared to him.
8From there, Abram went on toward the hills east of Bethel. He set up his tent there. Bethel was to the west, and Ai was to the east. Abram built an altar there and called on the name of the Lord.
9Then Abram left and continued south toward the Negev Desert.
Abram Goes to Egypt
10At that time there was not enough food in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while. 11As he was about to enter Egypt, he spoke to his wife Sarai. He said, “I know what a beautiful woman you are. 12The people of Egypt will see you and say, ‘This is his wife.’ Then they will kill me. But they will let you live. 13Tell them you are my sister. Then I’ll be treated well and my life will be spared because of you.”
14Abram arrived in Egypt. The Egyptians saw that Sarai was a very beautiful woman. 15When Pharaoh’s officials saw her, they told Pharaoh how beautiful she was. So she was taken into his palace. 16Pharaoh treated Abram well because of her. So Abram gained more sheep and cattle and male and female donkeys. He also gained more male and female servants and some camels.
17But the Lord sent terrible sicknesses on Pharaoh and everyone in his palace. The Lord did it because of Abram’s wife Sarai. 18So Pharaoh sent for Abram. “What have you done to me?” he said. “Why didn’t you tell me she was your wife? 19Why did you say she was your sister? That’s why I took her to be my wife. Now then, here’s your wife. Take her and go!” 20Then Pharaoh gave orders to his men about Abram. They sent him on his way. So he left with his wife and everything he had.
