Genesis 12:8-10

International Standard Version

⁸ From there Abram^[a] traveled on to the hill country east of Bethel and set up his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. There he built an altar to the Lord and called on the name of the Lord. ⁹ Then Abram traveled on, continuing into the Negev.^[b]

Abram and Sarai in Egypt

¹⁰ There was a famine in the land, so Abram went down to Egypt to live because the famine was so severe.