Tale 9: First Half

 And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and all the souls they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.

And in the land of Canaan did Abram go to the Habirus, and the Habirus did say to him "Behold, there is famine in the land, which is grievous with drought. Go unto Egypt where a river does make the land plentiful and bounteous. 

And Abram did call to his celestial King for edification, and the King did not respond.  And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and all the souls they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Egypt they came.

And Abram did suffer from a kind of impotence, possessing loins far thinner than average, and for fifty years in Haran did Abram only know his wife Sarai by mouth, for her opening beneath was naturally great. 

And Sarai was very beautiful, and did long to be known by loin, and did suffer many a year while Abraham did know his concubines by all manner of opening. 

And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know thou art a fair woman to look upon:

Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This is his wife, and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive. 

Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee. 

And Sarai did reply, Will the rulers not take me for concubine?

And Abram did respond, It is according to my plan that they do. You shall become great with child from a Pharaoh of Egypt, and behold, we shall abscond by nightcover and we shall be blessed with child. 

And Sarai did answer, Will the servants not think I am a ho?

And Abram did reply, It is only such time as we must remain in Egypt, for the Lord did promise me the land through which we passed. 

And Sarai did answer, Thou shalt make me a ho. 

And Abram did retort, So it is as our Lord wills.  

And Sarai did reply, The Lord willed naught, we came unto Egypt because the land promised you was fallow. Behold, you are a false prophet and naught but my pimp. 

And Abram did answer, If the Lord wanted me to not make you an ho, He would have told me. You shall know raiment well beyond yours in Haran. 

And you shall know gold well beyond yours in Ur, did Sarai retort. 

And Abram told Sarai, Silence woman, thou art mine helpmeet, and if I command thee to ho thou shalt ho. 

And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair.

The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house. 

And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and camels.