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Then Abram took his tent and he left that place. He continued to travel towards the Negev.[a]

Abram and Sarai in Egypt

10 There was a famine in the land of Canaan. So Abram went to live in Egypt for some time, because the famine was very bad.[b]

11 When Abram came near to Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, ‘Listen to me. I know that you are a very beautiful woman.

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Footnotes

  1. 12:9 The Negev is a dry land. It is between Egypt and Canaan.
  2. 12:10 Egypt did not often have a famine because the River Nile went through the land.