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The Eternal said to Abram, "Go forth from your land, your birthplace, your father's house, to the land that I will show you." - Genesis 12:1 

Genesis 12:1−17:27 

SUMMARY 

-Abram, Sarai, and Lot go to Canaan. (12:1-9) 
 

-Famine takes them to Egypt, where Abram identifies Sarai as his sister in order to save his life. (12:10-20) 
 

-Abram and Lot separate. Lot is taken captive, and Abram rescues him. (13:1-14:24) 
 

-Abram has a son, Ishmael, with his Egyptian maidservant, Hagar. (16:1-16) 
 

-God establishes a covenant with Abram. The sign of this covenant is circumcision on the eighth day following a male baby's birth. (17:1-27)