Genesis 12:10

In 11 translations

BSB

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.

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.

ASV

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.

LSV

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

YLT

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;

DBY

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.

DRC

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

GNV

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.

JPS

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.

LXXE

And there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there, because the famine prevailed in the land.

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WLC

וַיְהִ֥י רָעָ֖ב בָּאָ֑רֶץ וַיֵּ֨רֶד אַבְרָ֤ם מִצְרַ֨יְמָה֙ לָג֣וּר שָׁ֔ם כִּֽי־כָבֵ֥ד הָרָעָ֖ב בָּאָֽרֶץ׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ ἐγένετο λιμὸς ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς· καὶ κατέβη Ἅβραμ εἰς Αἴγυπτον παροικῆσαι ἐκεῖ, ὅτι ἐνίσχυσεν ὁ λιμὸς ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.

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• Genesis 43:1Now the famine was still severe in the land.
• Genesis 26:1–3Now there was another famine in the land, subsequent to the one that had occurred in Abraham’s time. And Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines at Gerar. The LORD appeared to Isaac and said, “Do not go down to…
• Genesis 46:3–4“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. I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will surely bring you back. And Joseph’s own…
• 2 Kings 4:38When Elisha returned to Gilgal, there was a famine in the land. As the sons of the prophets were sitting at his feet, he said to his attendant, “Put on the large pot and boil some stew for the sons of the prophets.”
• 2 Samuel 21:1During 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…
• Genesis 42:5So the sons of Israel were among those who came to buy grain, since the famine had also spread to the land of Canaan.
• Acts 7:11Then famine and great suffering swept across Egypt and Canaan, and our fathers could not find food.
• Psalms 34:19Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him from them all.
• Psalms 107:34and fruitful land into fields of salt, because of the wickedness of its dwellers.
• Psalms 105:13they wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another.
• 1 Kings 17:1–18Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was among the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As surely as the LORD lives—the God of Israel before whom I stand—there will be neither dew nor rain in these years except at my word!” Then…
• John 16:33I have told you these things so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take courage; I have overcome the world!”
• Ruth 1:1In 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.
• Genesis 47:13There 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.
• 2 Kings 7:1–8Then Elisha said, “Hear the word of the LORD! This is what the LORD says: ‘About this time tomorrow at the gate of Samaria, a seah of fine flour will sell for a shekel, and two seahs of barley will sell for a shekel.’”…
• 2 Kings 6:25So there was a great famine in Samaria. Indeed, they besieged the city so long that a donkey’s head sold for eighty shekels of silver, and a quarter cab of dove’s dung sold for five shekels of silver.

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