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I. ABRAHAM'S CONDUCT.

1. His trouble. Famine.

2. He has recourse to Egypt. The granary of the world at that time.

3. His danger and device.

4. His dishonour.

II. LESSONS.

1. What a lesson on the weakness and treachery of the human heart!

2. We are taught to expect trouble in our Christian life.

3. We see here the temptation to a false and worldly policy.

4. We see the evils of trimming and temporizing.

(The Congregational Pulpit.)

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KJV: And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land.

WEB: There was a famine in the land. Abram went down into Egypt to live as a foreigner there, for the famine was severe in the land.