Genesis 12:9-11

Good News Translation

⁹Then he moved on from place to place, going toward the southern part of Canaan.

Abram in Egypt

¹⁰But there was a famine in Canaan, and it was so bad that Abram went farther south to Egypt, to live there for a while. ¹¹When he was about to cross the border into Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, “You are a beautiful woman.

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Genesis 12:9-11

New International Version

⁹Then Abram set out and continued toward the Negev.^(A)

Abram in Egypt^(B)

¹⁰Now there was a famine in the land,^(C) and Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe.^(D) ¹¹As he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai,^(E) “I know what a beautiful woman^(F) you are.