Genesis · around about 2091 BC
Abram in Egypt
Abram in Egypt is recorded in Genesis and falls around about 2091 BC. Below is what happened, where it fits, and the full text.
about 2091 BCmedium
What happened
During a famine Abram claims Sarai is his sister, and Pharaoh takes her until plagues expose the lie.
Where it fits on the timeline
Abram goes to Egypt after reaching Canaan, while Sarah is alive and before Isaac is born (Genesis 12:10-20; Genesis 21:1-7; Genesis 12:1-9).
The passage
Genesis 12:10-20
There was a famine in the land. Abram went down into Egypt to live as a foreigner there, for the famine was severe in the land. When he had come near to enter Egypt, he said to Sarai his wife, “See now, I know that you are a beautiful woman to look at. It will happen that when the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife.’ They will kill me, but they will save you alive. Please say that you are my sister, that it may be well with me for your sake, and that my soul may live because of you.” When Abram had come into Egypt, some Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful. The princes of Pharaoh saw her, and praised her to Pharaoh; and the woman was taken into Pharaoh’s house. He dealt well with Abram for her sake. He had sheep, cattle, male donkeys, male servants, female servants, female donkeys, and camels. The LORD afflicted Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram’s wife. Pharaoh called Abram and said, “What is this that you have done to me? Why didn’t you tell me that she was your wife? Why did you say, ‘She is my sister,’ so that I took her to be my wife? Now therefore, see your wife, take her, and go your way.” Pharaoh commanded men concerning him, and they escorted him away with his wife and all that he had.
Scripture references
Genesis 12:10-20
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