8. From there he moved on to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. He built an altar to Yahweh there, and he called on the name of Yahweh.
9. Then Abram journeyed by stages to the Negev.
10. There was a famine in the land, so Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine in the land was severe.
11. When he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, “Look, I know what a beautiful woman you are.
12. When the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife.’ They will kill me but let you live.
13. Please say you’re my sister so it will go well for me because of you, and my life will be spared on your account.”