Genesis 12:10-20

New American Standard Bible

¹⁰ Now there was ^(A)a famine in the land; so Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a time, because the famine was ^(B)severe in the land. ¹¹ It came about, when he ^[a]was approaching Egypt, that he said to his wife Sarai, “See now, I know that you are a ^[b](C)beautiful woman; ^12 (D)and when the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife’; and they will kill me, but they will let you live. ¹³ Please say that you are ^(E)my sister so that it may go well for me because of you, and that ^[c](F)I may live on account of you.” ¹⁴ Now it came about, when Abram entered Egypt, that the Egyptians ^[d]saw that the woman was very beautiful. ¹⁵ Pharaoh’s officials saw her and praised her to Pharaoh; and ^(G)the woman was taken into Pharaoh’s house. ¹⁶ Therefore ^(H)he treated Abram well for her sake; and ^[e](I)he gave him sheep, oxen, male donkeys, male servants and female servants, female donkeys, and camels.

¹⁷ But the Lord ^(J)struck Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram’s wife. ¹⁸ Then Pharaoh called Abram and said, “^(K)What 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 for myself as a wife? Now then, ^[f]here is your wife, take her and go!” ²⁰ And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him; and they ^[g]escorted him away, with his wife and all that belonged to him.