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From there he moved to the mountain to the east of Beth-El and erected his tent (with Beth-El to the west and Ai to the east). There he built an altar to Adonai and called on the Name of Adonai. So Abram kept on journeying southward.[a]

Abram and Sarai in Egypt

10 Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to live as an outsider there, because the famine was severe in the land.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 12:9 Or, to the Negev.

From there he went on toward the hills east of Bethel(A) and pitched his tent,(B) with Bethel on the west and Ai(C) on the east. There he built an altar to the Lord and called on the name of the Lord.(D)

Then Abram set out and continued toward the Negev.(E)

Abram in Egypt(F)

10 Now there was a famine in the land,(G) and Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe.(H)

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