The Call of Abram
1 The Lord said to Abram:
Go from your land,
your relatives,
and your father’s house
to the land that I will show you. 12:1 Gn 15:7; Ac 7:3; Heb 11:8
4 So Abram went, as the Lord had told him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran. 12:4 Gn 11:27,31
Abram in Egypt
10 There was a famine in the land, 12:10 Gn 26:1; 43:1 so Abram went down to Egypt to stay 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. 12:12 Gn 20:1–18; 26:6–1113 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."