Now in Haran ^athe LORD had said to Abram,“Go away from your country,And from your relativesAnd from your father’s house,To the land which I will show you; Heb 11:8-10

4 So Abram departed in faithful obedience as the LORD had directed him; and ^aLot his nephew left with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran. 5 Abram took Sarai his wife and Lot his nephew, and all their ^apossessions which they had acquired, and the ^bpeople (servants) which they had acquired in Haran, and they set out to go to the land of Canaan. ^cWhen they came to the land of Canaan, 6 Abram passed through the land as far as the site of ^aShechem, to the great terebinth (oak) tree of Moreh. Now the ¹Canaanites were in the land at that time. 7 Then the LORD ^aappeared to Abram and said, “^bI will give this land to your descendants.” So Abram built ^can altar there to honor the LORD who had appeared to him. 8 Then he moved on from there to the mountain on the east of ^aBethel, and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east; and there he built an altar to the LORD and ^bcalled on the name of the LORD in worship through prayer, praise, and thanksgiving. 9 Then Abram journeyed on, continuing toward ^athe Negev (the South country of Judah) .

10 Now there was ^aa famine in the land; and Abram went down into Egypt to live temporarily, for the famine in the land was ^boppressive and severe. 11 And when he was about to enter Egypt, he said to Sarai his wife, “Listen: I know that you are ^1aa beautiful woman; 12 ^aso when the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife’; and they will kill me to acquire you, but they will let you live. 13 Please tell them that you are ^1amy sister so that things will go well for me for your sake, and ^bmy life will be spared because of you.” 14 And when Abram entered Egypt, the Egyptians saw that Sarai was very beautiful. 15 Pharaoh’s princes (officials) also saw her and praised her to Pharaoh; and ^athe woman was taken for the purpose of marriage into Pharaoh’s house (harem) . 16 Therefore ^aPharaoh treated Abram well for her sake; ^bhe acquired sheep, oxen, male and female donkeys, male and female servants, and camels.

17 But the LORD ^apunished Pharaoh and his household with severe plagues because of Sarai, Abram’s wife. 18 Then Pharaoh called Abram and said, “^aWhat is this that you have done to me? Why did you not tell me that she was your wife? 19 Why did you say, ‘She is my sister,’ so that I took her as my wife? Now then, here is your wife; take her and go!” 20 So Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him; and they escorted him on his way, with his wife and all that he had.