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Genesis 12:10-20 — Abram in Egypt

Gen.12.10-20

¹⁰Now there was a famine in the land , and Abram went down to Egypt to live as a foreigner there, because the famine was severe in the land. ¹¹When he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, "Look, I know that you are a beautiful woman. ¹²When the Egyptians see you, they will say, 'This is his wife.' Then they will kill me, but they will keep you alive. ¹³Please say you are my sister, so that it will go well with me for your sake, and my life will be spared because of you." ¹⁴When Abram entered Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful. ¹⁵Pharaoh's officials saw her and praised her to Pharaoh, and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house. ¹⁶He treated Abram well for her sake, and he acquired sheep, cattle, male donkeys, male servants, female servants, female donkeys, and camels. ¹⁷But Yahweh afflicted Pharaoh and his household with severe plagues because of Abram's wife Sarai. ¹⁸So Pharaoh summoned Abram and said, "What is this you have done to me? Why did you not tell me that she was your wife? ¹⁹Why did you say, 'She is my sister,' so that I took her as my wife? Now then, here is your wife; take her and go!" ²⁰Then Pharaoh commanded his men concerning Abram, and they escorted him away with his wife and all that belonged to him.

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