6. Abram traveled through the land as far as the town of Shechem and then to the big tree at Moreh. The Canaanites were living in the land at that time.
7. The Lord appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your descendants.” Abram built an altar to honor the Lord who appeared to him there.
8. Then he left that place and traveled to the mountains east of Bethel. He set up his tent there. Bethel was to the west, and Ai was to the east. Abram built another altar at that place to honor the Lord, and he worshiped the Lord there.
9. Then he moved on toward the Negev, stopping for a time at several places on the way.
10. During this time there was not enough food in the land, so Abram went down to Egypt to live.
11. Just before they arrived in Egypt, Abram told Sarai, “Look, I know that you are a very beautiful woman.
12. When the Egyptian men see you, they will say, ‘This woman is his wife.’ Then they will kill me and keep you alive because they want you.
13. So tell them that you are my sister. Then they will be good to me because of you. In this way you will save my life.”
14. So when Abram went into Egypt, the Egyptian men saw that Sarai was a very beautiful woman.