God saw all that He had made, and it was very good. Evening came and then morning: the sixth day.

When Abram entered Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful.

Abram was very rich in livestock, silver, and gold.

After these events, the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision:

Do not be afraid, Abram.
I am your shield;
your reward will be very great.

Then Abraham took his son Ishmael and all the slaves born in his house or purchased with his money—every male among the members of Abraham’s household—and he circumcised the flesh of their foreskin on that very day, just as God had said to him.

Now this was a very difficult thing for Abraham because of his son.

Now the girl was very beautiful, a young woman who had not known a man intimately. She went down to the spring, filled her jug, and came up.

and the man became rich and kept getting richer until he was very wealthy.

For you had very little before I came, but now your wealth has increased. The Lord has blessed you because of me. And now, when will I also do something for my own family?”

And the man became very rich. He had many flocks, male and female slaves, and camels and donkeys.

After them, seven other cows—ugly, very sickly, and thin—came up. I’ve never seen such ugly ones as these in all the land of Egypt.

The abundance in the land will not be remembered because of the famine that follows it, for the famine will be very severe.

They had not gone very far from the city when Joseph said to his steward, “Get up. Pursue the men, and when you overtake them, say to them, ‘Why have you repaid evil for good?

But there was no food in that entire region, for the famine was very severe. The land of Egypt and the land of Canaan were exhausted by the famine.

Israel settled in the land of Egypt, in the region of Goshen. They acquired property in it and became fruitful and very numerous.

Horses and chariots went up with him; it was a very impressive procession.