Sam, What's the Deal With This Story With Abraham and His Nephew?

Samuel Johnson: Should Abraham have even gone to Egypt in the first place? Does Moses care about that question? I think he does. The way that this passage relates to what comes before and what comes after the end of 12 and then 13 is significant, says Johnson. Abram sells out his wife as a sex slave because he's afraid Pharaoh will kill him if he tells her she's not his sister. He goes down into Egypt and Sarah gets sold into slavery by Pharaoh. And then the Lord visits Egyptians with plagues and Pharaoh finds out that Sarai is Abraham's wife.