## Genesis Chapter 12

###### Genesis 12:1
[Genesis 12:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/12:1)

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יְהֹוָה֙ אֶל־אַבְרָ֔ם לֶךְ־לְךָ֛ מֵאַרְצְךָ֥ וּמִמּֽוֹלַדְתְּךָ֖ וּמִבֵּ֣ית אָבִ֑יךָ אֶל־הָאָ֖רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֥ר אַרְאֶֽךָּ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Adonoy said to Avram, Go from your land, from your birthplace, and from your father’s house, [and go] to the land that I will show you.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Now the Lord said to Avram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, to the land that I will show thee:

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And the L-rd said to Avram: Go, for your sake, [for your benefit and for your good], from your land and from your birthplace, and from your father's house, to the land that I will show you.


###### Genesis 12:2
[Genesis 12:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/12:2)

וְאֶֽעֶשְׂךָ֙ לְג֣וֹי גָּד֔וֹל וַאֲבָ֣רֶכְךָ֔ וַאֲגַדְּלָ֖ה שְׁמֶ֑ךָ וֶהְיֵ֖ה בְּרָכָֽה׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
I will make you into a great nation, I will bless you and make your name great; and you will be a blessing [*and you will be blessed*].

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
and I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And I shall make of you a great nation, and I shall bless you [with wealth], and I shall make your name great, and you shall be a [source of] blessing.


###### Genesis 12:3
[Genesis 12:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/12:3)

וַאֲבָֽרְכָה֙ מְבָ֣רְכֶ֔יךָ וּמְקַלֶּלְךָ֖ אָאֹ֑ר וְנִבְרְכ֣וּ בְךָ֔ כֹּ֖ל מִשְׁפְּחֹ֥ת הָאֲדָמָֽה׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
I will bless those who bless you, and he who curses you, I will curse; and through you [*and because of you*], will be blessed all the families of the earth.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
and I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curses thee: and in thee shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And I shall bless those who bless you, and those who curse you shall I curse, and they shall bless themselves in you [i.e., in your name] all the families of the earth.


###### Genesis 12:4
[Genesis 12:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/12:4)

וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ אַבְרָ֗ם כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר דִּבֶּ֤ר אֵלָיו֙ יְהֹוָ֔ה וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ אִתּ֖וֹ ל֑וֹט וְאַבְרָ֗ם בֶּן־חָמֵ֤שׁ שָׁנִים֙ וְשִׁבְעִ֣ים שָׁנָ֔ה בְּצֵאת֖וֹ מֵחָרָֽן׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Avram went as Adonoy had told him, and Lot went with him. Avram was seventy-five years old when he left Charan.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
So Avram departed, as the Lord had spoken to him; and Lot went with him: and Avram was seventy five years old when he departed out of Ḥaran.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Avram went as the L-rd spoke to him, and Lot went with him. And Avram was seventy-five years old when he went out of Charan.


###### Genesis 12:5
[Genesis 12:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/12:5)

וַיִּקַּ֣ח אַבְרָם֩ אֶת־שָׂרַ֨י אִשְׁתּ֜וֹ וְאֶת־ל֣וֹט בֶּן־אָחִ֗יו וְאֶת־כׇּל־רְכוּשָׁם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר רָכָ֔שׁוּ וְאֶת־הַנֶּ֖פֶשׁ אֲשֶׁר־עָשׂ֣וּ בְחָרָ֑ן וַיֵּצְא֗וּ לָלֶ֙כֶת֙ אַ֣רְצָה כְּנַ֔עַן וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ אַ֥רְצָה כְּנָֽעַן׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Avram took his wife Sarai, Lot, his brother’s son, all their possessions they had acquired, and the souls [people] that they had made [converted] in Charan, and they set out to go to the land of Canaan. They came to the land of Canaan.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Avram took Saray his wife, and Lot his brother’s son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had acquired in Ḥaran; and they went forth to go to the land of Kena῾an; and into the land of Kena῾an they came.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Avram took Sarai, his wife, and Lot, his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls [i.e., bondsmen and bondswomen] that they had acquired in Charan, and they went out to go to the land of Canaan, and they came to the land of Canaan.


###### Genesis 12:6
[Genesis 12:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/12:6)

וַיַּעֲבֹ֤ר אַבְרָם֙ בָּאָ֔רֶץ עַ֚ד מְק֣וֹם שְׁכֶ֔ם עַ֖ד אֵל֣וֹן מוֹרֶ֑ה וְהַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֖י אָ֥ז בָּאָֽרֶץ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Avram passed [traveled] through the land until the place of Shechem, until the Plain of Moreh. The Canaanites were then in the land.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Avram passed through the land to the place of Shekhem unto the terebinth of More. And the Kena῾ani was then in the land.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Avram passed through the land until the place of Shechem, until Eilon Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land, [conquering Eretz Yisrael from the seed of Shem].


###### Genesis 12:7
[Genesis 12:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/12:7)

וַיֵּרָ֤א יְהֹוָה֙ אֶל־אַבְרָ֔ם וַיֹּ֕אמֶר לְזַ֨רְעֲךָ֔ אֶתֵּ֖ן אֶת־הָאָ֣רֶץ הַזֹּ֑את וַיִּ֤בֶן שָׁם֙ מִזְבֵּ֔חַ לַיהֹוָ֖ה הַנִּרְאֶ֥ה אֵלָֽיו׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Adonoy appeared [*became revealed*] to Avram and said: To your descendants I will give this land. There he built an altar to [*before*] Adonoy Who had appeared [*been revealed*] to him.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And the Lord appeared to Avram, and said, To thy seed will I give this land: and there he built an altar to the Lord, who had appeared to him.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And the L-rd appeared to Avram and He said: To your seed shall I give this land. And he built there [for the tidings of the seed and of the land] an altar to the L-rd, who had appeared to him.


###### Genesis 12:8
[Genesis 12:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/12:8)

וַיַּעְתֵּ֨ק מִשָּׁ֜ם הָהָ֗רָה מִקֶּ֛דֶם לְבֵֽית־אֵ֖ל וַיֵּ֣ט אׇהֳלֹ֑ה בֵּֽית־אֵ֤ל מִיָּם֙ וְהָעַ֣י מִקֶּ֔דֶם וַיִּֽבֶן־שָׁ֤ם מִזְבֵּ֙חַ֙ לַֽיהֹוָ֔ה וַיִּקְרָ֖א בְּשֵׁ֥ם יְהֹוָֽה׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
From there he moved [*ascended*] to the mountain that was east of Beis-Eil and set up his tent. Beis-Eil was to the west and Ai was to the east. There he built an altar to [*before*] Adonoy, and he proclaimed the Name, [*and he prayed in the Name,*] Adonoy.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And he removed from there to a mountain on the east of Bet-el, and pitched his tent, having Bet-el on the west, and ῾Ay on the east: and there he built an altar to the Lord, and called upon the name of the Lord.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And he removed from there [his tent] to the mountain east of Bethel. And he pitched his tent, [first Sarai's, then his], Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. And he built there an altar to the L-rd, [perceiving prophetically that his children would go astray there by the sin of Achan (Joshua 7)], and he called, [interceding for them] in the name of the L-rd.


###### Genesis 12:9
[Genesis 12:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/12:9)

וַיִּסַּ֣ע אַבְרָ֔ם הָל֥וֹךְ וְנָס֖וֹעַ הַנֶּֽגְבָּה׃{פ}

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Avram journeyed, traveling steadily southward.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Avram journeyed, going on still toward the Negev.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Avram journeyed progressively southwards, [towards Jerusalem].


###### Genesis 12:10
[Genesis 12:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/12:10)

וַיְהִ֥י רָעָ֖ב בָּאָ֑רֶץ וַיֵּ֨רֶד אַבְרָ֤ם מִצְרַ֙יְמָה֙ לָג֣וּר שָׁ֔ם כִּֽי־כָבֵ֥ד הָרָעָ֖ב בָּאָֽרֶץ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
There was a famine in the land. Avram went down to Egypt to live there temporarily, for the famine was severe in the land.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And there was famine in the land: and Avram went down to Miżrayim to sojourn there; for the famine was severe in the land.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And there was a famine in the land [of Canaan, whither G-d had bidden him go — the L-rd testing Avram], and Avram went down to Egypt to dwell there, for the famine was sore in the land.


###### Genesis 12:11
[Genesis 12:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/12:11)

וַיְהִ֕י כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר הִקְרִ֖יב לָב֣וֹא מִצְרָ֑יְמָה וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ אֶל־שָׂרַ֣י אִשְׁתּ֔וֹ הִנֵּה־נָ֣א יָדַ֔עְתִּי כִּ֛י אִשָּׁ֥ה יְפַת־מַרְאֶ֖ה אָֽתְּ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
As he came near and was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, Behold, I now realize that you are a woman of beautiful appearance.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter to Miżrayim that he said to Saray his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon:

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And it was, as he approached Egypt, that he said to Sarai his wife: Behold, now [the time has come to worry about your beauty.] I have long known you to be a beautiful woman.


###### Genesis 12:12
[Genesis 12:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/12:12)

וְהָיָ֗ה כִּֽי־יִרְא֤וּ אֹתָךְ֙ הַמִּצְרִ֔ים וְאָמְר֖וּ אִשְׁתּ֣וֹ זֹ֑את וְהָרְג֥וּ אֹתִ֖י וְאֹתָ֥ךְ יְחַיּֽוּ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
It will happen when the Egyptians see you that they will say: This is his wife. They will kill me and let you live.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
therefore it shall come to pass, when the Miżrim shall see thee, that they shall say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And it will be, when the Egyptians see you, that they will say: "This is his wife!" and they will kill me and keep you alive.


###### Genesis 12:13
[Genesis 12:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/12:13)

אִמְרִי־נָ֖א אֲחֹ֣תִי אָ֑תְּ לְמַ֙עַן֙ יִֽיטַב־לִ֣י בַעֲבוּרֵ֔ךְ וְחָיְתָ֥ה נַפְשִׁ֖י בִּגְלָלֵֽךְ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Please [*Now*] say [therefore] that you are my sister, so that it will go well with me for your sake, and my life will be spared because of you [*through your words*].

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Say, now, that you are my sister, so that it be well for me for your sake [i.e., so that they give me gifts], and so that I remain alive because of you.


###### Genesis 12:14
[Genesis 12:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/12:14)

וַיְהִ֕י כְּב֥וֹא אַבְרָ֖ם מִצְרָ֑יְמָה וַיִּרְא֤וּ הַמִּצְרִים֙ אֶת־הָ֣אִשָּׁ֔ה כִּֽי־יָפָ֥ה הִ֖וא מְאֹֽד׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
And it was when Avram was entering Egypt, that the Egyptians beheld the woman, because she was very beautiful.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And it came to pass, that, when Avram was come to Miżrayim, the Miżrim beheld the woman that she was very fair.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And it was, when Avram came to Egypt, [with Sarai hidden in a chest] that the Egyptians spied the woman and found her to be very beautiful.


###### Genesis 12:15
[Genesis 12:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/12:15)

וַיִּרְא֤וּ אֹתָהּ֙ שָׂרֵ֣י פַרְעֹ֔ה וַיְהַֽלְל֥וּ אֹתָ֖הּ אֶל־פַּרְעֹ֑ה וַתֻּקַּ֥ח הָאִשָּׁ֖ה בֵּ֥ית פַּרְעֹֽה׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Pharaoh’s officials saw her and praised her to Pharaoh. The woman was taken to Pharaoh’s house.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The princes also of Par῾o saw her, and commended her before Par῾o: and the woman was taken into Par῾o’s house.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And the officers of Pharaoh saw her, and they praised her [among themselves] as being for Pharaoh; and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.


###### Genesis 12:16
[Genesis 12:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/12:16)

וּלְאַבְרָ֥ם הֵיטִ֖יב בַּעֲבוּרָ֑הּ וַֽיְהִי־ל֤וֹ צֹאן־וּבָקָר֙ וַחֲמֹרִ֔ים וַעֲבָדִים֙ וּשְׁפָחֹ֔ת וַאֲתֹנֹ֖ת וּגְמַלִּֽים׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
He treated Avram well for her sake. He thus acquired sheep, oxen, donkeys, male and female slaves, female donkeys and camels.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And he treated Avram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and camels.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And he [Pharaoh] benefitted Avram for her sake, and he had flocks and herds, and he-asses, and bondsmen and bondswomen, and she-asses and camels.


###### Genesis 12:17
[Genesis 12:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/12:17)

וַיְנַגַּ֨ע יְהֹוָ֧ה׀אֶת־פַּרְעֹ֛ה נְגָעִ֥ים גְּדֹלִ֖ים וְאֶת־בֵּית֑וֹ עַל־דְּבַ֥ר שָׂרַ֖י אֵ֥שֶׁת אַבְרָֽם׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Adonoy afflicted Pharaoh with severe plagues [*brought severe plagues upon Pharaoh*], and also his household, because of Sarai, Avram’s wife.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And the Lord plagued Par῾o and his house with great plagues because of Saray, Avram’s wife.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And the L-rd plagued Pharaoh with great afflictions, as well as [the people of] his house, at the behest of Sarai, Avram's wife.


###### Genesis 12:18
[Genesis 12:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/12:18)

וַיִּקְרָ֤א פַרְעֹה֙ לְאַבְרָ֔ם וַיֹּ֕אמֶר מַה־זֹּ֖את עָשִׂ֣יתָ לִּ֑י לָ֚מָּה לֹא־הִגַּ֣דְתָּ לִּ֔י כִּ֥י אִשְׁתְּךָ֖ הִֽוא׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Pharaoh summoned Avram and said: What is this that you have done to me? Why did you not tell me that she is your wife?

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Par῾o called Avram, and said, What is this that thou hast done to me? why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife?

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Pharaoh called to Avram and he said: What is this that you have done to me? Why did you not tell me that she is your wife?


###### Genesis 12:19
[Genesis 12:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/12:19)

לָמָ֤ה אָמַ֙רְתָּ֙ אֲחֹ֣תִי הִ֔וא וָאֶקַּ֥ח אֹתָ֛הּ לִ֖י לְאִשָּׁ֑ה וְעַתָּ֕ה הִנֵּ֥ה אִשְׁתְּךָ֖ קַ֥ח וָלֵֽךְ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Why did you say, She is my sister, so that I should take her to myself for a wife? Now here is your wife, take [her] and go.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Why didst thou say, She is my sister? so I might have taken her to me to wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Why did you say "She is my sister," so that I took her for me as a wife? And now, here is your wife. Take her and go [out of Egypt (for the Egyptians are licentious)].


###### Genesis 12:20
[Genesis 12:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/12:20)

וַיְצַ֥ו עָלָ֛יו פַּרְעֹ֖ה אֲנָשִׁ֑ים וַֽיְשַׁלְּח֥וּ אֹת֛וֹ וְאֶת־אִשְׁתּ֖וֹ וְאֶת־כׇּל־אֲשֶׁר־לֽוֹ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Pharaoh assigned men to him and they escorted him and his wife and all that was his.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Par῾o commanded his men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Pharaoh appointed men for him [to guard him], and they escorted him and his wife and all that was his.