Genesis 12:10–20 · BSB
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.
12:11
As he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, “Look, I know that you are a beautiful woman,
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12:12
and when the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife.’ Then they will kill me but will let you live.
12:13
Please say you are my sister, so that I will be treated well for your sake, and on account of you my life will be spared.”
12:14
So when Abram entered Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful.
12:15
When Pharaoh’s officials saw Sarai, they commended her to him, and she was taken into the palace of Pharaoh.
12:16
He treated Abram well on her account, and Abram acquired sheep and cattle, male and female donkeys, menservants and maidservants, and camels.
12:17
The LORD, however, afflicted Pharaoh and his household with severe plagues because of Abram’s wife Sarai.
12:18
So Pharaoh summoned Abram and asked, “What have you done to me? Why didn’t you tell me she was your wife?
12:19
Why did you say, ‘She is my sister,’ so that I took her as my wife? Now then, here is your wife. Take her and go!”
12:20
Then Pharaoh gave his men orders concerning Abram, and they sent him away with his wife and all his possessions.
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