Parallel GEN 12:10

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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.

OEB There was a famine in the land, so Abram went down to Egypt to live there; because the famine was severe 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.

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

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;

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.

T4T There was ◄a famine/very little food to eat► in Canaan, so they went south to live in Egypt for a while.

LEB And there was a famine in the land. And Abram went down to Egypt to dwell as an alien there, for the famine was severe in the land.

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

MOF No MOF GEN book available

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.

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.

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.

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.

RV 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.

WBS 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.

KJB ¶ 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.
  (¶ 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. )

BB 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.
  (And the there was a famine in that land, and therefore went Abram down into Egypt, that he might sojourn there, for there was a greeuons famine 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.
  (Then there came a famine in the land: therefore Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there: for there was a great famine in the land. )

CB 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.
  (But there came a death in the land. Then went Abram down in to Egypt to keep himself there as a stranger, for the death was sore in the land.)

WYC Sotheli hungur was maad in the lond; and Abram yede doun in to Egipt, to be a pilgrime ther, for hungur hadde maistrie in the lond.
  (Truly hunger was made in the land; and Abram went down in to Egypt, to be a pilgrime ther, for hunger had maistrie in the land.)

LUT Es kam aber eine Teurung in das Land. Da zog Abram hinab in Ägypten, daß er sich daselbst als ein Fremdling enthielte; denn die Teurung war groß im Lande.
  (It came but one Teurung in the Land. So pulled Abram down in Egypt, that he itself/yourself/themselves there als a Fremdling enthielte; because the Teurung was large in_the land.)

CLV Facta est autem fames in terra: descenditque Abram in Ægyptum, ut peregrinaretur ibi: prævaluerat enim fames in terra.
  (Facta it_is however fames in terra: descenditque Abram in Ægyptum, as peregrinaretur ibi: prævaluerat because fames in terra. )

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

BrLXX Καὶ ἐγένετο λιμὸς ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς· καὶ κατέβη Ἅβραμ εἰς Αἴγυπτον παροικῆσαι ἐκεῖ, ὅτι ἐνίσχυσεν ὁ λιμὸς ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.
  (Kai egeneto limos epi taʸs gaʸs; kai katebaʸ Habram eis Aigupton paroikaʸsai ekei, hoti enisⱪusen ho limos epi taʸs gaʸs. )