Genesis 12:10 “Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to liv…”

Genesis 12:10

Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

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.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

Then there came a famine in the land: therefore Abram went downe into Egypt to soiourne there: for there was a great famine in the lande.

Darby Translation

And there was a famine in the land. And Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there, for the famine was grievous in the land.

Young's Literal Translation

And there is a famine in the land, and Abram goeth down towards Egypt to sojourn there, for the famine [is] grievous in the land;

Bible in Basic English

And because there was little food to be had in that land, he went down into Egypt.

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Cross references

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Genesis 43:1 Genesis 42:5 Genesis 47:13 Ruth 1:1 2 Samuel 21:1 1 Kings 17:1–18

Genesis 43:1 · BSB

Now the famine was still severe in the land.

Genesis 42:5 · BSB

So the sons of Israel were among those who came to buy grain, since the famine had also spread to the land of Canaan.

Genesis 47:13 · BSB

There was no food, however, in all that region, because the famine was so severe; the lands of Egypt and Canaan had been exhausted by the famine.

Ruth 1:1 · BSB

In the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land. And a certain man from Bethlehem in Judah, with his wife and two sons, went to reside in the land of Moab.

2 Samuel 21:1 · BSB

During the reign of David there was a famine for three successive years, and David sought the face of the LORD. And the LORD said, “It is because of the blood shed by Saul and his family, because he killed the Gibeonites…

1 Kings 17:1–18 · BSB

Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was among the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As surely as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there will be neither dew nor rain in these years except at my word!”

“went”

Psalm 105:13 Genesis 26:2 Genesis 26:3 Genesis 46:3 Genesis 46:4 2 Kings 8:1

Psalm 105:13 · BSB

they wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another.

Genesis 26:2 · BSB

The LORD appeared to Isaac and said, “Do not go down to Egypt. Settle in the land where I tell you.

Genesis 26:3 · BSB

Stay in this land as a foreigner, and I will be with you and bless you. For I will give all these lands to you and your offspring, and I will confirm the oath that I swore to your father Abraham.

Genesis 46:3 · BSB

“I am God,” He said, “the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great nation there.

Genesis 46:4 · BSB

I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will surely bring you back. And Joseph’s own hands will close your eyes.”

2 Kings 8:1 · BSB

Now Elisha had said to the woman whose son he had restored to life, “Arise, you and your household; go and live as a foreigner wherever you can. For the LORD has decreed that a seven-year famine will come to the land.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

9And Abram journeyed on toward the Negev.

11As he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, “Look, I know that you are a beautiful woman,

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