And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, [having] Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the Lord, and called upon the name of the Lord (12:8)

And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south (12:9)

And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine [was] grievous in the land (12:10)

And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou [art] a fair woman to look upon: (12:11)

Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This [is] his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive (12:12)

Say, I pray thee, thou [art] my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee (12:13)

And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she [was] very fair (12:14)

The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house (12:15)

And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and camels (12:16)

And the Lord plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram's wife (12:17)

And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What [is] this [that] thou hast done unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she [was] thy wife? (12:18)

Why saidst thou, She [is] my sister? so I might have taken her to me to wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take [her], and go thy way (12:19)

And Pharaoh commanded [his] men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had (12:20)

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