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Genesis 12:8–13:4

Genesis 12:8–13:44 matched frames1 pivot

Read down to the center, where the pattern turns; then rise back out through its mirror.

A 8 Abram builds altar at Bethel, calls on LORD's name
- B 9-10 Abram journeys south; famine forces Egypt journey
  - C 11-13 Abram instructs Sarai to claim sisterhood
    - D 14-15 Egyptians and Pharaoh observe Sarai's beauty
      - E 16 Pharaoh grants Abram livestock and servants
    - D' 17-18 LORD plagues Pharaoh; confrontation about Sarai
  - C' 19 Pharaoh questions the sisterhood claim
- B' 1 Pharaoh sends Abram away; Egypt departure
A' 3-4 Abram returns to Bethel altar, calls on LORD

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