8He left from there to the mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Ai on the east. There he built an altar to Yahweh, and called on the name of Yahweh.
9Abram journeyed, going on still toward the South.
10There was a famine in the land. Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there, for the famine was sore in the land.
11It 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.
12It 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.
13Please 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."
14It happened that when Abram had come into Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful.
