8 From there Abram moved on to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel to the west and Ai to the east. There he built an altar to the LORD, and he called on the name of the LORD. 9 And Abram journeyed on toward the Negev. 10 Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe.
Genesis 12:8–10
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