While I was living in the land of Negev, there came a famine. Because of the famine, I decided to travel to Egypt with my family. Because my wife is very beautiful woman, I didn’t want the Egyptians to know that I am her husband because they would kill me and let her live. I told Sarai to say that she was my sister, so the Egyptians would treat me well and my life would be spared. When I came into Egypt, the Egyptians saw my wife Sarai and they saw that she was a very beautiful woman. They then took her to Pharaoh and she was brought to his palace. I was treated well by Pharaoh as I had planned, but I didn’t like that they took my wife away from me. Pharaoh also gave me sheep, cattle, donkeys, servants and camels. Because the Egyptians had taken my wife, God sent a terrible diseases unto Pharaoh and his household. Pharaoh was very mad at me because I had lied about Sarai being my wife, so he gave me my wife back and he told me and all my people to leave Egypt.
