Parallel GEN 12:10

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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.

WEBBE 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.

WMBB (Same as above)

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.

Moff No Moff 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;

Drby 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.

Wbstr 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-1769 ¶ 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.

KJB-1611 ¶ And there was a famine in the land, and Abram went downe into Egypt, to soiourne there: for the famine was grieuous in the land.
   (Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps 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.)

Gnva 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. )

Cvdl 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.)

Wycl 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.)

Luth 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 what/which large in_the land.)

ClVg 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. )