Genesis 12:9-11

International Standard Version

⁹ Then Abram traveled on, continuing into the Negev.^[a]

Abram and Sarai in Egypt

¹⁰ There was a famine in the land, so Abram went down to Egypt to live because the famine was so severe. ¹¹ When he was about to enter Egypt, he told his wife Sarai, “Look, I’m aware that you’re a beautiful woman.