Genesis 12:11   (Read all of Genesis 12)

As he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, "I know what a beautiful woman you are.

Genesis 12:12   (Read all of Genesis 12)

When the Egyptians see you, they will say, 'This is his wife.' Then they will kill me but will let you live.

Genesis 12:13   (Read all of Genesis 12)

Say you are my sister, so that I will be treated well for your sake and my life will be spared because of you."

Genesis 12:18   (Read all of Genesis 12)

So Pharaoh summoned Abram. "What have you done to me?" he said. "Why didn't you tell me she was your wife?

Genesis 12:19   (Read all of Genesis 12)

Why did you say, 'She is my sister,' so that I took her to be my wife? Now then, here is your wife. Take her and go!"

Genesis 13:8   (Read all of Genesis 13)

So Abram said to Lot, "Let's not have any quarreling between you and me, or between your herders and mine, for we are close relatives.

Genesis 13:9   (Read all of Genesis 13)

Is not the whole land before you? Let's part company. If you go to the left, I'll go to the right; if you go to the right, I'll go to the left."

Genesis 13:14   (Read all of Genesis 13)

The Lord said to Abram after Lot had parted from him, "Look around from where you are, to the north and south, to the east and west.

Genesis 13:15   (Read all of Genesis 13)

All the land that you see I will give to you and your offspring forever.

Genesis 13:16   (Read all of Genesis 13)

I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if anyone could count the dust, then your offspring could be counted.

Genesis 13:17   (Read all of Genesis 13)

Go, walk through the length and breadth of the land, for I am giving it to you."

Genesis 14:20   (Read all of Genesis 14)

And praise be to God Most High, who delivered your enemies into your hand." Then Abram gave him a tenth of everything.

Genesis 14:21   (Read all of Genesis 14)

The king of Sodom said to Abram, "Give me the people and keep the goods for yourself."

Genesis 14:23   (Read all of Genesis 14)

that I will accept nothing belonging to you, not even a thread or the strap of a sandal, so that you will never be able to say, 'I made Abram rich.'

Genesis 15:1   (Read all of Genesis 15)

After this, the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision: "Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield,your very great reward. "

Genesis 15:2   (Read all of Genesis 15)

But Abram said, "Sovereign Lord, what can you give me since I remain childless and the one who will inherit my estate is Eliezer of Damascus?"

Genesis 15:3   (Read all of Genesis 15)

And Abram said, "You have given me no children; so a servant in my household will be my heir."

Genesis 15:4   (Read all of Genesis 15)

Then the word of the Lord came to him: "This man will not be your heir, but a son who is your own flesh and blood will be your heir."

Genesis 15:5   (Read all of Genesis 15)

He took him outside and said, "Look up at the sky and count the stars-if indeed you can count them." Then he said to him, "So shall your offspring be."

Genesis 15:7   (Read all of Genesis 15)

He also said to him, "I am the Lord, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to take possession of it."

Genesis 15:9   (Read all of Genesis 15)

So the Lord said to him, "Bring me a heifer, a goat and a ram, each three years old, along with a dove and a young pigeon."

Genesis 15:13   (Read all of Genesis 15)

Then the Lord said to him, "Know for certain that for four hundred years your descendants will be strangers in a country not their own and that they will be enslaved and mistreated there.

Genesis 15:15   (Read all of Genesis 15)

You, however, will go to your ancestors in peace and be buried at a good old age.

Genesis 15:16   (Read all of Genesis 15)

In the fourth generation your descendants will come back here, for the sin of the Amorites has not yet reached its full measure."