¹⁰Now there was a famine in the land,^f and Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe.^g ¹¹As he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai,^h “I know what a beautiful womanⁱ you are. ¹²When the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife.’ Then they will kill me but will let you live. ¹³Say you are my sister,^j so that I will be treated well for your sake and my life will be spared because of you.”

¹⁴When Abram came to Egypt, the Egyptians saw that Sarai was a very beautiful woman.^k ¹⁵And when Pharaoh’s officials saw her, they praised her to Pharaoh, and she was taken into his palace. ¹⁶He treated Abram well for her sake, and Abram acquired sheep and cattle, male and female donkeys, male and female servants, and camels.^l

¹⁷But the Lord inflicted^m serious diseases on Pharaoh and his householdⁿ because of Abram’s wife Sarai. ¹⁸So Pharaoh summoned Abram. “What have you done to me?”^o he said. “Why didn’t you tell me she was your wife?^p ¹⁹Why did you say, ‘She is my sister,’^q so that I took her to be my wife? Now then, here is your wife. Take her and go!” ²⁰Then Pharaoh gave orders about Abram to his men, and they sent him on his way, with his wife and everything he had.

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Cross references

f Ge 41:27, 57; 42:5; 43:1; 47:4, 13; Ru 1:1; 2 Sa 21:1; 2 Ki 8:1; Ps 105:19
g Ge 41:30, 54, 56; 47:20; Ps 105:16
hSee Ge 11:29
iver 14; Ge 24:16; 26:7; 29:17; 39:6
j Ge 20:2; 26:7
kSee ver 11
lSee ver 5; Ge 24:35; 26:14; 30:43; 32:5; 34:23; 47:17; Job 1:3; 31:25
m 2 Ki 15:5; Job 30:11; Isa 53:4, 10
n 1 Ch 16:21; Ps 105:14
o Ge 20:9; 26:10; 29:25; 31:26; 44:15
p Isa 43:27; 51:2; Eze 16:3
q Ge 20:5; 26:9