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Genesis 12
¹⁷ But the LORD sent terrible plagues upon Pharaoh and his household because of Sarai, Abram’s wife.
¹⁸ So Pharaoh summoned Abram and accused him sharply. “What have you done to me?” he demanded. “Why didn’t you tell me she was your wife?
¹⁹ Why did you say, ‘She is my sister,’ and allow me to take her as my wife? Now then, here is your wife. Take her and get out of here!”
²⁰ Pharaoh ordered some of his men to escort them, and he sent Abram out of the country, along with his wife and all his possessions.
Genesis 13
¹ So Abram left Egypt and traveled north into the Negev, along with his wife and Lot and all that they owned.
² (Abram was very rich in livestock, silver, and gold.)
³ From the Negev, they continued traveling by stages toward Bethel, and they pitched their tents between Bethel and Ai, where they had camped before.
⁴ This was the same place where Abram had built the altar, and there he worshiped the LORD again.
⁵ Lot, who was traveling with Abram, had also become very wealthy with flocks of sheep and goats, herds of cattle, and many tents.
⁶ But the land could not support both Abram and Lot with all their flocks and herds living so close together.
⁷ So disputes broke out between the herdsmen of Abram and Lot. (At that time Canaanites and Perizzites were also living in the land.)