and when they went from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people;
And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land.
And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelt between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.
And he said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation.
And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed with him:
When ye were but few, even a few, and strangers in it,
he suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes,