Parasha Lech Lecha in English

Elohim speaks to Avram, telling him "Go from your land, from your birthplace and from your father's house, to the land that I will show you." There, says Elohim, he will make Avram a great nation. Avram and his wife Sarai, accompanied by his nephew Lot, travel to the Land of Cnaan, where Avram builds an altar and continues to spread the message of Elohim. Famine causes the first Hebrew to travel to Egypt, where the beautiful Sarai is taken to Pharaoh's palace; Avram escapes death because they introduce themselves as brother and sister. A plague prevents the Egyptian king from touching Sarai, and she convinces him that he must return her to Avram and compensate him with gold, silver, and cattle. Back in the Land of Cnaan, Lot separates from Avram and settles in the wicked city of Sdom, where he is captured when the army of Kedarlaomer and his three allies conquer the five cities of the Valley of Sdom. Avram sets out with a small band to rescue his nephew, defeats the four kings, and is blessed by Malki-Tzedek the king of Salem (Jerusalem). Elohim seals the Covenant Between the Parties with Avram, where he is informed of the exile and persecution (Galut) of the Hebrew people and the Holy Land is assigned to them as their eternal inheritance.