And they passed from nation to nation: and from a kingdom to another people.
And all that he had in the land of Chanaan. And he came into Egypt with all his seed:
God said to him: I am the most mighty God of thy father. Fear not, go down into Egypt, for I will make a great nation of thee there.
Abraham removed from thence to the south country, and dwelt between Cedes and Sur, and sojourned in Gerara.
And there came a famine in the country. And Abram went down into Egypt, to sojourn there; for the famine was very grievous in the land.
When they were but a small number: very few and sojourners in it.
He suffered no man to do them wrong: and reproved kings for their sake.