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removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent,
having
Bethel on
the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the L
ORD
, and called upon the name
of the L
ORD
.
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And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south.
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And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for
the famine
was
grievous in the land.
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And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into
Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou
art
a fair woman to look
upon:
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Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This
is
his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive.
13
Say, I pray thee, thou
art
my
sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee.
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And it came to pass, that, when Abramwas come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman
that she
was
very fair.
15
The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh:
and the woman was taken into Pharaoh’s house.
16
And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and
he had sheep, and oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and camels.
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And the L
ORD
plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram’s wife.
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And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What
is
this
that
thou hast done unto me? why didst thou
not tell me that she
was
thy wife?
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Why saidst thou, She
is
my sister? so I might have taken her
to me to wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take
her,
and go thy way.
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And Pharaoh commanded
his
men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had.
CHAPTER 13
And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the
south.
2
And Abram
was
very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.
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And he went on his journeys
from the south even to Bethel, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between
Bethel and Hai;
4
Unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram
called on the name of the L
ORD
.
5
And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents.
6
And the land was
not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they
could not dwell together.
7
And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram’s cattle and the
herdmen of Lot’s cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land.
8
And Abram
said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen
and thy herdmen; for we
be
brethren.
9
Is
not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray
thee, from me: if
thou wilt take
the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if
thou depart
to the right
hand, then I will go to the left.
10
And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that
it
was
well watered every where, before the L
ORD
destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah,
even
as the
garden of the L
ORD
, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.
11
Then Lot chose him all the
plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other.
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