Genesis 12:10-13

Abram and Sarai in Egypt

10 Now x there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there, for the famine was severe in the land. 11 When he was about to enter Egypt, he said to Sarai his wife, "I know that you are a woman beautiful in appearance, 12 and when the Egyptians see you, they will say, 'This is his wife.' Then they y will kill me, but they will let you live. 13 Say you are my sister, that it may go well with me because of you, and that my life may be spared for your sake."

  1. Cross References
    Genesis 26:1
    Now there was a famine in the land, besides the former famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Gerar to Abimelech king of the Philistines.
    Genesis 43:1
    Now the famine was severe in the land.
  2. Cross References
    Genesis 20:1 - 18
    From there Abraham journeyed toward the territory of the Negeb and lived between Kadesh and Shur; and he sojourned in Gerar.
    Genesis 26:6 - 11
    So Isaac settled in Gerar.
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