## Targum Jonathan on Genesis Chapter 12

###### Targum Jonathan on Genesis 12:1
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וַאֲמַר יְיָ לְאַבְרָם אִיזֵיל לָךְ מֵאַרְעָךְ אִתְפְּרֵשׁ מִן יַלְדוּתָךְ פּוּק מִבֵּית אָבוּךְ זִיל לְאַרְעָא דְאַחֲזִינָךְ

**The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862:**
AND the Lord said to Abram, Go thou from thy land; separate thyself from thy kindred; go forth from the house of thy father; go into the land which I will show thee.


###### Targum Jonathan on Genesis 12:2
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וְאַעֲבִידְנָךְ לְעָם רָב וְאֵבָרְכִינָךְ וְאַרַבֵּי שְׁמָךְ וּתְהֵי מְבָרֵךְ

**The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862:**
And I will make thee a great people, and will bless thee, and magnify thy name, and thou shalt be blessed.


###### Targum Jonathan on Genesis 12:3
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וַאֲבָרֵךְ יַת כַּהֲנַיָא דְפַרְסִין יְדֵיהוֹן בִּצְלוֹ וּמְבָרְכִין יַת בְּנָךְ וּבִלְעָם דִמְלַטֵט יַתְהוֹן אֵילוֹט וְיִקְטְלוּנֵיהּ לְפִתְגַם דְחָרֶב וְיִתְבָּרְכוּן בָּךְ כָּל זַרְעַיַת אַרְעָא

**The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862:**
And I will bless the priests who will spread forth their hands in prayer, and bless thy sons; and Bileam, who will curse them, I will curse, and they shall slay him with the mouth of the sword; and in thee shall be blessed all the generations of the earth.


###### Targum Jonathan on Genesis 12:4
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וַאֲזַל אַבְרָם הֵכְמָא דְמַלֵל יְיָ לֵיהּ וְאָזַל עִמֵיהּ לוֹט וְאַבְרָם בַּר שׁוּבְעִין וַחֲמֵשׁ שְׁנִין בְּמִפְקֵיהּ מֵחָרָן

**The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862:**
And Abram went, according as the Lord had spoken with him, and Lot went with him. And Abram was the son of seventy and five years at his going forth from Haran.


###### Targum Jonathan on Genesis 12:5
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וּדְבַר אַבְרָם יַת שָרַי אִנְתְּתֵיהּ וְיַת לוֹט בַּר אָחוֹי וְיַת כָּל קִנְיָנֵיהוֹן דִי קְנוֹ וְיַת נַפְשָׁתָא דִי גַיְירוּ בְּחָרָן וּנְפָקוּ לְמֵיזַל לְאַרְעָא דִכְנָעַן וַאֲתוֹ לְאַרְעָא דִכְנָעַן

**The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862:**
And Abram took Sara his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all the substance which they had acquired, and the souls whom they had proselyted in Haran, and went forth to go to the land of Kenaan. And they came to the land of Kenaan.


###### Targum Jonathan on Genesis 12:6
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וְעָבַר אַבְרָם בְּאַרְעָא עַד אֲתַר שְׁכֶם עַד מֵישַׁר דַהֲוָה מַיְירִי וּכְנַעֲנָאֵי בְּכֵן הֲווֹ בְּאַרְעָא דְעַד כְּדוֹן לָא מָטָא זִמְנָא דִבְנֵי יִשְרָאֵל לְמֵירְתָהּ

**The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862:**
And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Shekem, unto the plain which had been showed. And the Kenaanites were then in the land; for the time had not yet come that the sons of Israel should possess it.


###### Targum Jonathan on Genesis 12:7
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וְאִתְגְלֵי יְיָ לְאַבְרָם וַאֲמַר לִבְנָךְ אֶתֵּן יַת אַרְעָא הָדָא וּבְנָא תַמָן מַדְבְּחָא קֳדָם יְיָ דְאִתְגְלֵי לֵיהּ

**The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862:**
And the Lord was revealed unto Abram, and said, To thy sons will I give this land. And he builded there an altar before the Lord, who was revealed to him.


###### Targum Jonathan on Genesis 12:8
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וְאִסְתַּלֵק מִתַּמָן לְטוּרָא דְמִמַדְנַח לְבֵית אֵל וּפַרְסֵיהּ מַשְׁכְּנָא בֵּית אֵל מִן מַעֲרָבָא וְעַי מִמַדִינְחָא וּבְנָא תַּמָן מַדְבְּחָא קֳּדָם יְיָ וְצַלִי בִּשְׁמָא דַיְיָ

**The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862:**
And he went up from thence to a mountain which was eastward of Bethel, and outspread his tent, having Bethel on the west and Ai on the east; and he builded there an altar before the Lord, and prayed in the Name of the Lord.


###### Targum Jonathan on Genesis 12:9
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וּנְטַל אַבְרָם אָזִיל וְנָטִיל לְדָרוֹמָא

**The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862:**
And Abram migrated, going and migrating unto the south.


###### Targum Jonathan on Genesis 12:10
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וַהֲוָה כַפְנָא בְּאַרְעָא וּנְחַת אַבְרָם לְמִצְרַיִם לְאִיתְיַתְבָא תַּמָן אֲרוּם תַּקִיף כַּפְנָא בְּאַרְעָא

**The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862:**
And there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down into Mizraim to be a dweller there, because the famine was strong in the land.


###### Targum Jonathan on Genesis 12:11
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וַהֲוָה כְּמָא דְקָרֵיב לְמֵיעַל לִתְּחוּם מִצְרַיִם וּמָטוּ לְנַהֲרָא וּגְלִיאוּ בִּשְרֵיהוֹן לְמַעֲבַר וַאֲמַר אַבְרָם לְשָרַי אִנְתָּתֵיהּ הָא עַד כְּדוֹן לָא אִסְתַּכְּלִית בִּבְשָרִיךְ וּכְדוֹן יַדְעִית אֲרוּם אִנְתְּתָא שַׁפִּירַת חֵיזוּ אַנְתְּ

**The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862:**
And it was, as he approached to enter the limit of Mizraim, and they had come to the river, and were uncovering their flesh to pass over, that Abram, said to Sara his wife, Behold, until this I have not beheld thy flesh; but now I know that thou art a woman of fair aspect.


###### Targum Jonathan on Genesis 12:12
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וִיהֵי אֲרוּם יִסְתַּכְּלוּן בִּיךְ מִצְרָאֵי וְיֶחְמוּן יַת שׁוּפְרֵיךְ וְיֵימְרוּן אִנְתְּתֵיהּ דָא וְיִקְטְלוּן יָתִי וְיָתָךְ יְקַיְמוּן

**The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862:**
It will be, therefore, when the Mizraee see thee, and view thy beauty, that they will say, This is his wife; and they will kill me, and thee will keep alive.


###### Targum Jonathan on Genesis 12:13
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אִמְרִי בְּבָעוּ דַאֲחָתִי אַנְתְּ בְּגִין דְיֵיטִיב לִי בְּגִינָךְ וְתִתְקַיֵים נַפְשִׁי אַמְטוּלְתִּיךְ

**The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862:**
Say, I pray, that thou art my sister, that it may be well with me for thy sake, and that my life may be spared on thy account.


###### Targum Jonathan on Genesis 12:14
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וַהֲוָה כַּד עַל אַבְרָם לְמִצְרַיִם וְחָמוּן מִצְרָאֵי יַת אִנְתְּתָא אֲרוּם שַׁפִּירָא הִיא לַחֲדָא

**The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862:**
And it was when Abram had entered Mizraim, the Mizraee saw the woman to be very fair;


###### Targum Jonathan on Genesis 12:15
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וְחָמוּן יָתָהּ רַבְרְבֵי פַּרְעה וְשַׁבָּחוּ יָתֵהּ לְפַרְעה וְאִידְבָּרַת אִנְתְּתָא לְבֵית מַלְכוּתָא דְפַרְעה

**The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862:**
and the princes of Pharoh beheld her, and praised her to Pharoh; and the woman was conducted to the royal house of Pharoh.


###### Targum Jonathan on Genesis 12:16
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וּלְאַבְרָם אוֹטֵב פַּרְעה בְּגִינָהּ וַהֲווֹ לֵיהּ מִדִילֵיהּ עָאן וְתוֹרִין וְחַמְרִין וְעַבְדִין וְאַמְהָן וְאַתְנָן וּגְמַלִין

**The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862:**
And Pharoh did good to Abram for her sake; and he had sheep, and oxen, and asses, and servants, and handmaids, and she-asses, and camels.


###### Targum Jonathan on Genesis 12:17
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וְגָרֵי מֵימְרָא דַיְיָ בְּפַרְעה מַכְתְּשִׁין רַבְרְבִין וְיַת אֵינַשׁ בֵּיתֵיהּ עַל עֵיסַק שָרַי אִתַּת אַבְרָם

**The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862:**
And the Word of the Lord sent great plagues against Pharoh and the men of his house, on account of Sara, Abram's wife.


###### Targum Jonathan on Genesis 12:18
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וּקְרָא פַּרְעה לְאַבְרָם וַאֲמַר מַה דָא עָבַדְתָּא לִי לְמָא לָא חַוֵיתָא לִי אֲרוּם אִנְתְּתָךְ הִיא

**The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862:**
And Pharoh called Abram, and said, What is this that thou hast done to me? Why didst thou not show me that she is thy wife?


###### Targum Jonathan on Genesis 12:19
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לָמָה אָמַרְתָּ אֲחָתִי הִיא וּדְבָרִית יָתָהּ לִי לְאִנְתּוּ וּמִן יַד אִתְגְרִיאַת בִּי מַכְתָּשָׁא וְלָא קָרֵיבִית לְוָתָהּ וּכְדוֹן הָא אִנְתְּתָךְ דְבַר וְאִיזַל

**The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862:**
Why saidst thou, She is my sister? When I would take her to me to wife, plagues were at once sent against me, and I went not unto her. And now behold thy wife, take (her) and go.


###### Targum Jonathan on Genesis 12:20
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וּפַקֵיד עִילוֹי פַרְעה גוּבְרִין וְאַלְוִיאוּ יָתֵיהּ וְיַת אִנְתְּתֵיהּ וְיַת כָּל דִילֵיהּ

**The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862:**
And Pharoh commanded men concerning him, and they led him forth, and his wife, and all that he had.