8. And passing on from thence to a mountain, that was on the east side of Bethel, he there pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east; he built there also an altar to the Lord, and called upon his name.
9. And Abram went forward, going, and proceeding on to the south.
10. And there came a famine in the country; and Abram went down into Egypt, to sojourn there: for the famine was very grievous in the land.
11. And when he was near to enter into Egypt, he said to Sarai his wife: I know that thou art a beautiful woman:
12. And that when the Egyptians shall see thee, they will say: She is his wife: and they will kill me, and keep thee.