Abram Journeys to Egypt

12 Now ^(A)the Lord said to Abram,

¹⁰ Now there was ^(A)a famine in the land; so Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a time, because the famine was ^(B)severe in the land. ¹¹ It came about, when he ^[a]was approaching Egypt, that he said to his wife Sarai, “See now, I know that you are a ^[b](C)beautiful woman; ^12 (D)and when the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife’; and they will kill me, but they will let you live. ¹³ Please say that you are ^(E)my sister so that it may go well for me because of you, and that ^[c](F)I may live on account of you.” ¹⁴ Now it came about, when Abram entered Egypt, that the Egyptians ^[d]saw that the woman was very beautiful. ¹⁵ Pharaoh’s officials saw her and praised her to Pharaoh; and ^(G)the woman was taken into Pharaoh’s house. ¹⁶ Therefore ^(H)he treated Abram well for her sake; and ^[e](I)he gave him sheep, oxen, male donkeys, male servants and female servants, female donkeys, and camels.

¹⁷ But the Lord ^(J)struck Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram’s wife. ¹⁸ Then Pharaoh called Abram and said, “^(K)What is this that 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,’ so that I took her for myself as a wife? Now then, ^[f]here is your wife, take her and go!” ²⁰ And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him; and they ^[g]escorted him away, with his wife and all that belonged to him.

Sarai and Hagar

16 Now ^(A)Sarai, Abram’s wife, had not borne him a child, but she had ^(B)an Egyptian slave woman whose name was Hagar. ² So Sarai said to Abram, “See now, the Lord has prevented me from bearing children. ^(C)Please have relations with my slave woman; perhaps I will ^[a]obtain children through her.” And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai. ³ And so after Abram had lived ^(D)ten years in the land of Canaan, Abram’s wife Sarai took Hagar the Egyptian, her slave woman, and gave her to her husband Abram as his wife. ⁴ Then he had relations with Hagar, and she conceived; and when Hagar became aware that she had conceived, her mistress was insignificant in her sight. ⁵ So Sarai said to Abram, “^(E)May the wrong done to me be upon you! I put my slave woman into your ^[b]arms, but when she saw that she had conceived, I was insignificant in her ^[c]sight. ^(F)May the Lord judge between ^[d]you and me.” ⁶ But Abram said to Sarai, “Look, your slave woman is in your ^[e]power; do to her what is good in your ^[f]sight.” So Sarai treated her harshly, and ^(G)she fled from her presence.