012:008 He left from there to the mountain on the east of Bethel,
and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Ai
on the east. There he built an altar to Yahweh and called
on the name of Yahweh.
012:009 Abram traveled, going on still toward the South.
012:010 There was a famine in the land. Abram went down into Egypt
to live as a foreigner there, for the famine was severe
in the land.
012:011 It happened, when he had come near to enter Egypt, that he said
to Sarai his wife, "See now, I know that you are a beautiful
woman to look at.
012:012 It will happen, when the Egyptians will see you, that they
will say, 'This is his wife.' They will kill me, but they
will save you alive.
012:013 Please say that you are my sister, that it may be well with me
for your sake, and that my soul may live because of you."
012:014 It happened that when Abram had come into Egypt, the Egyptians
saw that the woman was very beautiful.
012:015 The princes of Pharaoh saw her, and praised her to Pharaoh;
and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.
012:016 He dealt well with Abram for her sake. He had sheep,
oxen, male donkeys, male servants, female servants,
female donkeys, and camels.
012:017 Yahweh plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues
because of Sarai, Abram's wife.
012:018 Pharaoh called Abram and said, "What is this that you have done
to me? Why didn't you tell me that she was your wife?
012:019 Why did you say, 'She is my sister,' so that I took her
to be my wife? Now therefore, see your wife, take her,
and go your way."