Genesis 12:10-12
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
10 There was famine in the land; so Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there, since the famine in the land was severe.(A) 11 When he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai: “I know that you are a beautiful woman. 12 When the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘She is his wife’; then they will kill me, but let you live.
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