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OET (OET-LV) and_he/it_was a_famine on_the_earth and_ Abram _he/it_descended Miʦrayim/(Egypt)_to to_sojourn there if/because [was]_heavy the_famine on_the_earth.
OET (OET-RV) One time when there was a drought causing a severe food shortage, Abram and his household travelled west across to Egypt (Mitsrayim) to stay there.
וַיְהִ֥י
and=he/it_was
This clause gives the setting for the rest of the sentence. Translate this in a way that is natural in your language.
רָעָ֖ב
famine
A famine is a prolonged period of time when people are starving because crops are failing, often due to a lack of rain or other severe weather conditions. Alternate translation: “a serious lack of food” or “a hungry time when food was very scarce”
בָּאָ֑רֶץ
on_the=earth
Alternate translation: “in that area,” or “in the Negev Desert,”
וַיֵּ֨רֶד אַבְרָ֤ם
and=he/it_descended Avram
This phrase refers to the fact that Egypt is lower in elevation than Canaan (verse 5). It is also located southwest of Canaan. Alternate translation: “so Abram and his family traveled southwest” or “so Abram and his family moved further south”
מִצְרַ֨יְמָה֙
Egypt,to
Alternate translation: “to the land of Egypt”
לָג֣וּר שָׁ֔ם
to,sojourn there
Alternate translation: “to live there for a while”
כִּֽי־כָבֵ֥ד הָרָעָ֖ב
that/for/because/then/when severe the,famine
Alternate translation: “because the food shortage was very severe”
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure
בָּאָ֑רֶץ
on_the=earth
For some languages it may be more natural to put this clause near the beginning of this verse and say, “Then/Now there was a famine in that land/region that was so heavy/severe/bad that Abram and his family left there and went down to the land/country of Egypt to live for a while.” Do what is best in your language. Alternate translation: “in that land” or “in the Negev Desert so they could not survive there.”
12:10 The Nile River provided ample irrigation, so Egypt was often the last region to suffer from famine.
OET (OET-LV) and_he/it_was a_famine on_the_earth and_ Abram _he/it_descended Miʦrayim/(Egypt)_to to_sojourn there if/because [was]_heavy the_famine on_the_earth.
OET (OET-RV) One time when there was a drought causing a severe food shortage, Abram and his household travelled west across to Egypt (Mitsrayim) to stay there.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.