Genesis 12:10-20
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[10] There was a famine in the land. Abram went down into Egypt to live as a foreigner there, for the famine was sore in the land. [11] It happened, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said to Sarai his wife, "See now, I know that you are a beautiful woman to look on. [12] It will happen, when the Egyptians will see you, that they will say, 'This is his wife.' They will kill me, but they will save you alive. [13] Please say that you are my sister, that it may be well with me for your sake, and that my soul may live because of you." [14] It happened that when Abram had come into Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful. [15] The princes of Pharaoh saw her, and praised her to Pharaoh; and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house. [16] He dealt well with Abram for her sake. He had sheep, and oxen, and male donkeys, and men-servants, and maid-servants, and female donkeys, and camels. [17] Yahweh plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram's wife. [18] Pharaoh called Abram, and said, "What is this that you have done to me? Why didn't you tell me that she was your wife? [19] Why did you say, 'She is my sister,' so that I took her to be my wife? Now therefore, see your wife, take her, and go your way." [20] Pharaoh gave men charge concerning him: and they brought him on the way, and his wife, and all that he had.
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Genesis 12:10-20 mentions Ai, Bethel, Canaan, Egypt, Haran, Moreh, Negeb and Shechem.
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