Genesis 12:10

Berean Standard Bible

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. Genesis 12:10 (BSB)

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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.

BBE

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

BRENTON

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

DRA

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.

FBV

But the land had been hit by famine. So Abram continued on to Egypt, planning to live there because the famine was so bad.

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.

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.