10Now there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe.


In Context

7 The Lord appeared to Abram and said, "To your offspring I will give this land." So he built an altar there to the Lord , who had appeared to him.

8 From there he went on toward the hills east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. There he built an altar to the Lord and called on the name of the Lord .

9 Then Abram set out and continued toward the Negev.

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

11 As he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, "I know what a beautiful woman you are.

12 When the Egyptians see you, they will say, 'This is his wife.' Then they will kill me but will let you live.

Genesis 12:10 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:10And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine [was] grievous in the land.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

12:10And 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.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

12:10And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was sore in the land.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:10And there was a famine in the land. And Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there, for the famine was grievous in the land.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

12:10And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was sore in the land.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:10And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to dwell there; for the famine was grievous in the land.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:10There 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.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

12:10And there is a famine in the land, and Abram goeth down towards Egypt to sojourn there, for the famine is grievous in the land;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:10And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land.