Genesis 12:10
Modern Translations
New International Version
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.

New Living Translation
At that time a severe famine struck the land of Canaan, forcing Abram to go down to Egypt, where he lived as a foreigner.

English Standard Version
Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there, for the famine was severe in the land.

Berean Study 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.

New American Standard Bible
Now there was a famine in the land; so Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a time, because the famine was severe in the land.

NASB 1995
Now there was a famine in the land; so Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there, for the famine was severe in the land.

NASB 1977
Now there was a famine in the land; so Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there, for the famine was severe in the land.

Amplified Bible
Now there was a famine in the land; and Abram went down into Egypt to live temporarily, for the famine in the land was oppressive and severe.

Christian Standard Bible
There was a famine in the land, so Abram went down to Egypt to stay there for a while because the famine in the land was severe.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
There was a famine in the land, so Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine in the land was severe.

Good News Translation
But there was a famine in Canaan, and it was so bad that Abram went farther south to Egypt, to live there for a while.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
There was a famine in the land. Abram went to Egypt to stay awhile because the famine was severe.

International Standard Version
There was a famine in the land, so Abram went down to Egypt to live because the famine was so severe.

NET Bible
There was a famine in the land, so Abram went down to Egypt to stay for a while because the famine was severe.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
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.

New King James Version
Now there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down to Egypt to dwell there, for the famine was severe in the land.

King James 2000 Bible
And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was severe in the land.

New Heart English Bible
There was a famine in the land, so Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there, because the famine was severe 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 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.

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.

A Faithful Version
Now there was a famine in the land. And Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there, for the famine was grievous in the land.

Darby Bible 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.

English Revised 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.

Webster's Bible Translation
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.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
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.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
And the there was a famine in that lande, and therfore went Abram downe into Egypt, that he myght soiourne there, for there was a greeuons famine in the lande.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
But there came a derth in the londe. Then wente Abram downe in to Egipte to kepe himself there as a straunger, for the derth was sore in the londe.

Tyndale Bible of 1526
After thys there came a derth in the lande. And Abram went doune in to Egipte to soiourne there for the derth was sore in the lande.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
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;

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;

Smith's Literal Translation
And there shall be a famine in the land; and Abram will go down to Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was strong in the land.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
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.

Catholic Public Domain Version
But a famine occurred in the land. And Abram descended to Egypt, to sojourn there. For famine prevailed over the land.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And there was a famine in the land and Abram came down to Egypt to dwell there because the famine was very severe in the land.

Lamsa Bible
Now there was a famine in the land; so Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was severe in the land.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
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.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
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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