¹³ And it came to pass, when ^(A)God caused me to wander from my father’s house, that I said to her, ‘This is your kindness that you should do for me: in every place, wherever we go, ^(B)say of me, “He is my brother.” ’ ”

Promises to Abram^(A)

12 Now the ^(B)Lord had said to Abram:

⁹ So Abram journeyed, ^(A)going on still toward the ^[a]South.

Faithful Abraham^(A)

⁸ By faith ^(B)Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to the place which he would receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going.

³ and said to him, ^(A)‘Get out of your country and from your relatives, and come to a land that I will show you.’ ⁴ Then ^(B)he came out of the land of the Chaldeans and dwelt in Haran. And from there, when his father was ^(C)dead, He moved him to this land in which you now dwell. ⁵ And God gave him no inheritance in it, not even enough to set his foot on. But even when Abraham had no child, ^(D)He promised to give it to him for a possession, and to his descendants after him.

⁹ Then Peter said to her, “How is it that you have agreed together ^(A)to test the Spirit of the Lord? Look, the feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out.”

²¹ And Saul said, “Blessed are you of the Lord, for you have compassion on me.

¹¹ And it came to pass, when he was close to entering Egypt, that he said to Sarai his wife, “Indeed I know that you are ^(A)a woman of beautiful countenance. ¹² Therefore it will happen, when the Egyptians see you, that they will say, ‘This is his wife’; and they ^(B)will kill me, but they will let you live. ^13 (C)Please say you are my ^(D)sister, that it may be well with me for your sake, and that ^[a]I may live because of you.”

¹⁴ So it was, when Abram came into Egypt, that the Egyptians saw the woman, that she was very beautiful. ¹⁵ The princes of Pharaoh also saw her and commended her to Pharaoh. And the woman was taken to Pharaoh’s house. ¹⁶ He ^(E)treated Abram well for her sake. He ^(F)had sheep, oxen, male donkeys, male and female servants, female donkeys, and camels.

¹⁷ But the Lord ^(G)plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram’s wife. ¹⁸ And Pharaoh called Abram and said, ^(H)“What is this you have done to me? Why did you not tell me that she was your wife? ¹⁹ Why did you say, ‘She is my sister’? I might have taken her as my wife. Now therefore, here is your wife; take her and go your way.” ^20 (I)So Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him; and they sent him away, with his wife and all that he had.