## Onkelos Genesis Chapter 12

###### Onkelos Genesis 12:1
[Onkelos Genesis 12:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/12:1)

וַאֲמַר יְיָ לְאַבְרָם אִיזֵל לָךְ מֵאַרְעָךְ וּמִיַּלָּדוּתָךְ וּמִבֵּית אֲבוּךְ לְאַרְעָא דִּי אַחֲזִנָּךְ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
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.


###### Onkelos Genesis 12:2
[Onkelos Genesis 12:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/12:2)

וְאֶעְבְּדִנָּךְ לְעַם סַגִּי וֶאֱבָרֵכִנָּךְ וַאֲרַבֵּי שְׁמָךְ **וּתְהֵא מְבָרָךְ**:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
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*].


###### Onkelos Genesis 12:3
[Onkelos Genesis 12:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/12:3)

וֶאֱבָרֵךְ מְבָרְכָךְ וּמְלַטְטָךְ אֵילוּט וְיִתְבָּרֲכוּן **בְּדִילָךְ** כֹּל זַרְעֲיַת אַרְעָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
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.


###### Onkelos Genesis 12:4
[Onkelos Genesis 12:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/12:4)

וַאֲזַל אַבְרָם כְּמָא דִמַלֵּיל עִמֵּיהּ יְיָ וַאֲזַל עִמֵּיהּ לוֹט וְאַבְרָם בַּר שִׁבְעִין וַחֲמֵשׁ שְׁנִין בְּמִפְּקֵיהּ מֵחָרָן:

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


###### Onkelos Genesis 12:5
[Onkelos Genesis 12:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/12:5)

וּדְבַר אַבְרָם יָת שָׂרַי אִתְּתֵיהּ וְיָת לוֹט בַּר אֲחוּהִי וְיָת כָּל קִנְיָנְהוֹן דִּי קְנוֹ וְיָת נַפְשָׁתָא דְּשַׁעְבִּידוּ לְאוֹרַיְתָא בְחָרָן וּנְפָקוּ לְמֵיזַל לְאַרְעָא דִכְנַעַן וַאֲתוֹ לְאַרְעָא דִכְנָעַן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
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.


###### Onkelos Genesis 12:6
[Onkelos Genesis 12:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/12:6)

וַעֲבַר אַבְרָם בְּאַרְעָא עַד אֲתַר שְׁכֶם עַד מֵישַׁר מוֹרֶה וּכְנַעֲנָאָה בְּכֵן בְּאַרְעָא:

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


###### Onkelos Genesis 12:7
[Onkelos Genesis 12:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/12:7)

**וְאִתְגְּלִי** יְיָ לְאַבְרָם וַאֲמַר לִבְנָךְ אֶתֵּן יָת אַרְעָא הָדָא וּבְנָא תַמָּן מִדְבְּחָא **קֳדָם** יְיָ **דְּאִתְגְּלִי** לֵיהּ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
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.


###### Onkelos Genesis 12:8
[Onkelos Genesis 12:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/12:8)

**וְאִסְתַּלַּק** מִתַּמָּן לְטוּרָא מִמַּדְנַח לְבֵית אֵל וּפְרַס מַשְׁכְּנֵיהּ בֵּית אֵל מִמַּעַרְבָא וְעַי מִמָּדִינְחָא וּבְנָא תַמָּן מִדְבְּחָא **קֳדָם** יְיָ **וְצַלִּי בִּשְׁמָא** דַיְיָ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
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.


###### Onkelos Genesis 12:9
[Onkelos Genesis 12:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/12:9)

וּנְטַל אַבְרָם אָזֵל וְנָטֵל לְדָרוֹמָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Avram journeyed, traveling steadily southward.


###### Onkelos Genesis 12:10
[Onkelos Genesis 12:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/12:10)

וַהֲוָה כַפְנָא בְּאַרְעָא וּנְחַת אַבְרָם לְמִצְרַיִם לְאִתּוֹתָבָא תַמָּן אֲרֵי תַקִּיף כַּפְנָא בְּאַרְעָא:

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


###### Onkelos Genesis 12:11
[Onkelos Genesis 12:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/12:11)

וַהֲוָה כַּד (נ"י אַרֵי) קְרֵיב לְמֵיעַל לְמִצְרָיִם וַאֲמַר לְשָׂרַי אִתְּתֵיהּ הָא כְעַן יְדָעִית אֲרֵי אִתְּתָא שַׁפִּירַת חֵיזוּ אָתְּ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
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.


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

וִיהֵי כַּד יֶחֱזוּן יָתִיךְ מִצְרָאֵי וְיֵימְרוּן אִתְּתֵיהּ דָּא וְיִקְטְלוּן יָתִי וְיָתִיךְ יְקַיְמוּן:

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


###### Onkelos Genesis 12:13
[Onkelos Genesis 12:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/12:13)

אִמְרִי **כְעַן** אֲחָתִי אָתְּ בְּדִיל דְּיֵיטַב לִי בְּדִילָךְ וְתִתְקַיֵּם נַפְשִׁי **בְּפִתְגָּמָיְכִי**:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
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*].


###### Onkelos Genesis 12:14
[Onkelos Genesis 12:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/12:14)

וַהֲוָה כַּד עַל אַבְרָם לְמִצְרָיִם וַחֲזוֹ מִצְרָאֵי יָת אִתְּתָא אֲרֵי שַׁפִּירָא הִיא לַחֲדָא:

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


###### Onkelos Genesis 12:15
[Onkelos Genesis 12:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/12:15)

וַחֲזוֹ יָתַהּ רַבְרְבֵי פַרְעֹה וְשַׁבָּחוּ יָתַהּ לְפַרְעֹה וְאִדַּבָּרַת אִתְּתָא לְבֵית פַּרְעֹה:

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


###### Onkelos Genesis 12:16
[Onkelos Genesis 12:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/12:16)

וּלְאַבְרָם אוֹטִיב בְּדִילַהּ וַהֲווֹ לֵיהּ עָאן וְתוֹרִין וַחֲמָרִין וְעַבְדִין וְאַמְהָן וְאַתְנָן וְגַמְלִין:

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


###### Onkelos Genesis 12:17
[Onkelos Genesis 12:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/12:17)

**וְאַיְתִי** יְיָ **עַל** פַּרְעֹה מַכְתָּשִׁין רַבְרְבִין וְעַל אֱנַשׁ בֵּיתֵיהּ עַל עֵיסַק שָׂרַי אִתַּת אַבְרָם:

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


###### Onkelos Genesis 12:18
[Onkelos Genesis 12:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/12:18)

וּקְרָא פַרְעֹה לְאַבְרָם וַאֲמַר מָה דָא עֲבַדְתְּ לִי לְמָא לָא חַוֵּיתָא לִי אֲרֵי אִתְּתָךְ הִיא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
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?


###### Onkelos Genesis 12:19
[Onkelos Genesis 12:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/12:19)

לְמָא אֲמַרְתְּ אֲחָתִי הִיא וּדְבָרִית יָתַהּ לִי לְאִתּוּ וּכְעַן הָא אִתְּתָךְ דְּבַר וְאִיזֵיל:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
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.


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

וּפַקֵּיד עֲלוֹהִי פַּרְעֹה גּוּבְרִין וְאַלְוִיאוּ יָתֵיהּ וְיָת אִתְּתֵיהּ וְיָת כָּל דִּילֵיהּ:

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