Genesis 12:10
Berean Standard Bible (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.
In context
8 From there Abram moved on to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel to the west and Ai to the east. There he built an altar to the LORD, and he called on the name of the LORD.
9 And Abram journeyed on toward the Negev.
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.
11 As he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, “Look, I know that you are a beautiful woman,
12 and 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 every translation
- BSB 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.
- KJV 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.
- WEB 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.
- ASV 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.
- YLT 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;
- DBY 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.
- WBS Webster Bible
- And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to dwell there; for the famine was grievous in the land.