⁹ Then Abram set out and continued toward the Negev.^(A)

Abram in Egypt^(B)

¹⁰ Now there was a famine in the land,^(C) and Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe.^{(D) 11} As he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai,^(E) “I know what a beautiful woman^(F) you are. ¹² When the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife.’ Then they will kill me but will let you live. ¹³ Say you are my sister,^(G) so that I will be treated well for your sake and my life will be spared because of you.”

¹⁴ When Abram came to Egypt, the Egyptians saw that Sarai was a very beautiful woman.^{(H) 15} And when Pharaoh’s officials saw her, they praised her to Pharaoh, and she was taken into his palace. ¹⁶ He treated Abram well for her sake, and Abram acquired sheep and cattle, male and female donkeys, male and female servants, and camels.^(I)

¹⁷ But the Lord inflicted^(J) serious diseases on Pharaoh and his household^(K) because of Abram’s wife Sarai. ¹⁸ So Pharaoh summoned Abram. “What have you done to me?”^(L) he said. “Why didn’t you tell me she was your wife?^{(M) 19} Why did you say, ‘She is my sister,’^(N) so that I took her to be my wife? Now then, here is your wife. Take her and go!” ²⁰ Then Pharaoh gave orders about Abram to his men, and they sent him on his way, with his wife and everything he had.