6. And Abram passed through the land to the place of Shechem, to the oak of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.
7. And Jehovah appeared to Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land. And there he built an altar to Jehovah who had appeared to him.
8. And he removed thence towards the mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel toward the west, and Ai toward the east; and there he built an altar to Jehovah, and called on the name of Jehovah.
9. And Abram moved onward, going on still toward the south.
10. And there was a famine in the land. And Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there, for the famine was grievous in the land.
11. And it came to pass when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said to Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a woman fair to look upon.