1And in that year there was a heavy famine throughout the land of Canaan,

2And Abram and all belonging to him rose and went down to Egypt on account

3And Abram and Sarai were walking at the border of the brook Mitzraim, and

4And Abram said to his wife Sarai, Since God has created thee with such a

5Surely then thou shalt do this, Say thou art my sister to all that may ask

6And Abram commanded the same to all those that came with him to Egypt on

7And yet with all these orders Abram did not put confidence in them, but he

8And Abram and all belonging to him rose up from the brook Mitzraim and came

9And Abram with the people that were with him came to Egypt, and when they

10And the king's servants approached Abram, saying, What hast thou here in

11And Abram said, This chest I will not open, but all you demand upon it I

12Abram said, All that you desire I will give, but you must not open the

13And the king's officers pressed Abram, and they reached the chest and

14And when the officers of the king beheld Sarai they were struck with

15And Pharaoh beheld Sarai and she pleased him exceedingly, and he was

16And the woman was then brought to Pharaoh' s house, and Abram grieved on

17And Sarai also prayed at that time and said, O Lord God thou didst tell my

18And we came to this land to avoid the famine, and this evil accident has

19And the Lord hearkened to the voice of Sarai, and the Lord sent an angel

20And the king came and sat before Sarai and behold an angel of the Lord was

21And the king approached Sarai and said to her, What is that man to thee

22And the king said, It is incumbent upon us to make him great, to elevate

23And the king approached to speak to Sarai, and he reached out his hand to

24And when the king came near to Sarai, the angel smote him to the ground,

25And the angel on that night smote heavily all the servants of the king,

26And Pharaoh, seeing the evil that befell him, said, Surely on account of

27And the king said to Sarai, Tell me I pray thee concerning the man with

28And the king kept away from Sarai, and the plagues of the angel of the

29And in the morning the king called for Abram and said to him, What is this

30Now therefore here is thy wife, take her and go from our land lest we all

31And the king took a maiden whom he begat by his concubines, and he gave

32And the king said to his daughter, It is better for thee my daughter to be

33And Abram arose, and he and all belonging to him went away from Egypt; and

34And Abram returned to the land of Canaan, to the place where he had made

35And Lot the son of Haran, Abram's brother, had a heavy stock of cattle,

36And when Abram was dwelling in the land the herdsmen of Lot quarrelled

37And when Abram's herdsmen went to feed their flock they would not go into

38And the people of the land saw this occurrence daily, and they came to

39And Abram said to Lot, What is this thou art doing to me, to make me

40And Abram quarrelled daily with Lot on account of this, but Lot would not

41And Abram said unto Lot, How long wilt thou be to me for a stumbling block

42But I pray thee separate from me, go and choose a place where thou mayest

43And be not afraid in going from me, for if any one do an injury to thee,

44And when Abram had spoken all these words to Lot, then Lot arose and

45And he saw that the whole of this place was well watered, and good for man

46And Lot went from Abram to that place, and he there pitched his tent and

47And Abram dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and he pitched

Chapter 15

On Account of Famine in Canaan, Abram goes to Egypt. Tells the