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GENESIS 12

God directs Abram to migrate to Canaan. There God appears to him and promises the land to his descendants. Abram is forced to go to Egypt in order to evade a famine. Abram asks his wife Sarai to pretend she is his sister. The Egyptians recognise Sarai's beauty, and Sarai becomes part of Pharaoh's house, but the Lord sends a plague to punish Pharaoh for (unknowingly) causing adultery. Pharaoh sends Sarai and Abram away from Egypt.

PEOPLE: YHWH - Abram - Sarai - Lot - Pharaoh

PLACES: Haran - Canaan - Sichem - Moreh - Bethel - Hai - Egypt

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