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Genesis 12:10

“Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe.”
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8From there Abram moved on to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel to the west and Ai to the east. There he built an altar to the LORD, and he called on the name of the LORD.

9And Abram journeyed on toward the Negev.

10Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe.

11As he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, “Look, I know that you are a beautiful woman,

12And when the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife.’ Then they will kill me but will let you live.

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