Genesis 12
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Genesis 12:10-14

10Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there, for the famine was severe in the land.

11When he was about to enter Egypt, he said to Sarai his wife, "I know that you are a woman beautiful in appearance,

12and when the Egyptians see you, they will say, 'This is his wife.' Then they will kill me, but they will let you live.

13Say you are my sister, that it may go well with me because of you, and that my life may be spared for your sake."

14When Abram entered Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful.

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