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Abram in Egypt.

the Weſt, and Hai on the Eaſt: and there hee builded an altar vnto the LORD, and called vpon the Name of the LORD.

And Abram iourneyed, ‖ going on ſtill toward the South.

¶ And there was a famine in the land, and Abram went downe into Egypt, to ſoiourne there: for the famine was grieuous in the land.

And it came to paſſe when he was come neere to enter into Egypt, that he ſaid vnto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a faire woman to looke vpon.

Therefore it ſhall come to paſſe, when the Egyptians ſhall ſee thee, that they ſhall ſay, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will ſaue thee aliue.

Say, I pray thee, thou art my ſiſter, that it may be wel with me, for thy ſake; and my ſoule ſhall liue, becauſe of thee.

¶ And it came to paſſe, that when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman, that ſhee was very faire.

The Princes alſo of Pharaoh ſaw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaohs houſe.

And he entreated Abram well for her ſake: and he had ſheepe, and oxen, and hee aſſes, and men ſeruants, and maidſeruants, and ſhee aſſes, and camels.

And the LORD plagued Pharaoh ⁊ his houſe with great plagues, becauſe of Sarai Abrams wife.

And Pharaoh called Abram, and ſaid, What is this that thou haſt done vnto me? Why diddeſt thou not tell me, that ſhe was thy wife?

Why ſaideſt thou, Shee is my ſiſter? so I might haue taken her to mee to wife: now therfore behold, thy wife, take her and goe thy way.

And Pharaoh cõmanded his men concerning him: and they ſent him away, and his wife, and all that he had.

Nd Abram went vp out of Egypt, he and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the South.

And Abram was very rich in cattell, in ſiluer, and in gold.

And hee went on his iourneyes from the South, euen to Beth⸗el, vnto the place where his tent had bene at the beginning, betweene Beth⸗el and Hai:

Vnto the * place of the altar, which he had made there at the firſt: and there Abram called on the Name of the LORD.

¶ And Lot alſo which went with Abram, had flocks and heards, ⁊ tents.

And the land was not able to beare them, that they might dwell together: for their ſubſtance was great, ſo that they could not dwell together.

And there was a ſtrife betweene the heardmen of Abrams cattell, and the heardmen of Lots cattell: And the Canaanite, and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land.

And Abram ſaid vnto Lot, Let there be no ſtrife, I pray thee, betweene mee and thee, and betweene my heardmen and thy heardmen: for wee bee † brethren.

Is not the whole land before thee? Separate thy ſelfe, I pray thee, from mee: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will goe to the right: or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will goe to the left.

And Lot lifted vp his eyes, and beheld all the plaine of Iordane, that it was well watered euery where before the Lord deſtroyed Sodome and Gomorah, euen as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou commeſt vnto Zoar.

Then Lot choſe him all the plaine of Iordane: and Lot iourneyed Eaſt; and they ſeparated themſelues the one from the other.

Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plaine, and pitched his tent toward Sodome.

But the men of Sodome were wicked, and ſinners before the LORD exceedingly.

¶ And the LORD ſaid vnto Abram, after that Lot was ſeparated from him, Lift vp now thine eyes, and looke from the place where thou art,