Genesis 12:10

KJV1611 – Modern English

And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to stay there; for the famine was severe in the land.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    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.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard 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 with Strong's Numbers

    And there was a famine{H7458} in the land:{H776} and Abram{H87} went down{H3381} into Egypt{H4714} to sojourn{H1481} there; for the famine{H7458} was sore{H3515} in the land.{H776}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And there was a famine{H7458} in the land{H776}: and Abram{H87} went down{H3381}{(H8799)} into Egypt{H4714} to sojourn{H1481}{(H8800)} there; for the famine{H7458} was grievous{H3515} in the land{H776}.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    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.

  • Coverdale Bible (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.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    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 (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.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    ¶ 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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    There was a famine in the land. Abram went down into Egypt to live as a foreigner there, for the famine was sore in the land.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    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;

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

  • World English Bible (2000)

    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 Bible® (New English Translation)

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

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 43:1 : 1 And the famine was severe in the land.
  • Gen 46:3-4 : 3 And He said, I am God, the God of your father; do not fear to go down into Egypt, for I will make of you a great nation there. 4 I will go down with you into Egypt, and I will also surely bring you up again; and Joseph shall put his hand upon your eyes.
  • Gen 47:13 : 13 And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very severe, so that the land of Egypt and all the land of Canaan languished because of the famine.
  • Ruth 1:1 : 1 Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehem in Judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.
  • 2 Sam 21:1 : 1 In the days of David, there was a famine for three years, year after year, and David sought the LORD. And the LORD answered, It is because of Saul and his bloody house, because he killed the Gibeonites.
  • 1 Kgs 17:1-9 : 1 And Elijah the Tishbite, who was one of the inhabitants of Gilead, said to Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, there shall be neither dew nor rain for these years, except by my word. 2 And the word of the LORD came to him, saying, 3 Get yourself away from here, and turn eastward, and hide by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan. 4 And it will be that you shall drink from the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there. 5 So he went and did according to the word of the LORD: for he went and lived by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan. 6 And the ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning, and bread and meat in the evening; and he drank from the brook. 7 And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land. 8 And the word of the LORD came to him, saying, 9 Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow there to sustain you. 10 So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow was there gathering sticks: and he called to her, and said, Please, bring me a little water in a vessel, that I may drink. 11 And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her, and said, Please, bring me a morsel of bread in your hand. 12 And she said, As the LORD your God lives, I do not have a cake, but only a handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a jar: and behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and prepare it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die. 13 And Elijah said to her, Fear not; go and do as you have said: but make a little cake for me first, and bring it to me, and afterward, make some for you and your son. 14 For thus says the LORD God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not waste, nor shall the jar of oil fail, until the day that the LORD sends rain upon the earth. 15 And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her household, ate many days. 16 And the barrel of meal did not waste, nor did the jar of oil fail, according to the word of the LORD, which He spoke by Elijah. 17 And it came to pass after these things, that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, became sick; and his sickness was so severe, that there was no breath left in him. 18 And she said to Elijah, What have I to do with you, O man of God? Have you come to remind me of my sin, and to kill my son?
  • 2 Kgs 4:38 : 38 And Elisha came again to Gilgal: and there was a famine in the land; and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him: and he said to his servant, Set on the great pot, and boil stew for the sons of the prophets.
  • 2 Kgs 6:25 : 25 And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until a donkey's head was sold for eighty pieces of silver, and a quarter of a cab of dove's dung for five pieces of silver.
  • 2 Kgs 7:1-8 : 1 Then Elisha said, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus says the LORD, Tomorrow about this time a measure of fine flour will be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria. 2 Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if the LORD would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, you shall see it with your eyes, but shall not eat thereof. 3 And there were four leprous men at the entry of the gate: and they said one to another, Why do we sit here until we die? 4 If we say, We will enter the city, there the famine is in the city, and we shall die there: and if we sit here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us surrender to the host of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die. 5 And they rose up at twilight, to go to the camp of the Syrians: and when they came to the outermost part of the camp of Syria, behold, there was no one there. 6 For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel has hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us. 7 Therefore they arose and fled at twilight, and left their tents, and their horses, and their donkeys, even the camp as it was, and fled for their life. 8 And when these lepers came to the outermost part of the camp, they went into one tent, and ate and drank, and carried away silver, and gold, and clothing, and went and hid it; and came again, and entered into another tent, and carried away from there also, and went and hid it.
  • 2 Kgs 8:1-2 : 1 Then Elisha spoke to the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, "Arise, and go you and your household, and stay wherever you can stay: for the LORD has called for a famine; and it shall also come upon the land for seven years." 2 And the woman arose, and did according to the saying of the man of God: and she went with her household, and stayed in the land of the Philistines for seven years.
  • Ps 34:19 : 19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivers him out of them all.
  • Ps 105:13 : 13 When they went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another people;
  • Ps 107:34 : 34 A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of those who dwell therein.
  • Jer 14:1 : 1 The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought.
  • John 16:33 : 33 I have spoken these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world, you will have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
  • Acts 7:11 : 11 Now there came a famine over all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction; and our fathers found no sustenance.
  • Acts 14:22 : 22 Strengthening the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and saying that we must through many tribulations enter the kingdom of God.
  • Gen 26:1-3 : 1 And there was a famine in the land, besides the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines to Gerar. 2 And the LORD appeared to him, and said, Do not go down to Egypt; live in the land which I shall tell you of: 3 Stay in this land, and I will be with you, and will bless you; for to you, and to your descendants, I will give all these countries, and I will fulfill the oath which I swore to Abraham your father;
  • Gen 42:5 : 5 And the sons of Israel came to buy grain among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 12:11-14
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    78%

    11 And it came to pass, when he was about to enter Egypt, that he said to Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that you are a beautiful woman to look upon:

    12 Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians see you, that they will say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save you alive.

    13 Say, I pray you, you are my sister: that it may be well with me for your sake; and my soul shall live because of you.

    14 And it came to pass, that, when Abram entered Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very beautiful.

  • Gen 43:1-2
    2 verses
    77%

    1 And the famine was severe in the land.

    2 And it came to pass, when they had consumed the grain they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, Go again, buy us a little food.

  • Gen 12:9
    77%

    9 And Abram journeyed, continuing toward the south.

  • Gen 26:1-2
    2 verses
    77%

    1 And there was a famine in the land, besides the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines to Gerar.

    2 And the LORD appeared to him, and said, Do not go down to Egypt; live in the land which I shall tell you of:

  • Acts 7:11-12
    2 verses
    76%

    11 Now there came a famine over all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction; and our fathers found no sustenance.

    12 But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first.

  • Gen 47:13
    75%

    13 And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very severe, so that the land of Egypt and all the land of Canaan languished because of the famine.

  • Gen 12:17-20
    4 verses
    75%

    17 And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram's wife.

    18 And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this that you have done to me? Why did you not tell me that she was your wife?

    19 Why did you say, She is my sister? so I might have taken her to me as a wife: now therefore behold your wife, take her, and go your way.

    20 And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had.

  • Gen 12:5-6
    2 verses
    74%

    5 And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their possessions that they had gathered, and the people that they had acquired in Haran; and they set out to go to the land of Canaan; and they came to the land of Canaan.

    6 And Abram passed through the land to the place of Shechem, to the oak of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.

  • Gen 41:54-57
    4 verses
    74%

    54 And the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had said. The famine was in all lands, but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.

    55 When all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread. Then Pharaoh said to all the Egyptians, Go to Joseph; whatever he says to you, do.

    56 The famine was over all the face of the earth; and Joseph opened all the storehouses and sold to the Egyptians. The famine became severe in the land of Egypt.

    57 All countries came into Egypt to Joseph to buy grain, because the famine was so severe in all the lands.

  • Gen 13:1-2
    2 verses
    74%

    1 And Abram went up out of Egypt, he and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south.

    2 And Abram was very rich in livestock, in silver, and in gold.

  • Gen 42:5
    73%

    5 And the sons of Israel came to buy grain among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.

  • Gen 20:1
    73%

    1 And Abraham journeyed from there toward the south country, and lived between Kadesh and Shur, and stayed in Gerar.

  • Gen 42:2-3
    2 verses
    73%

    2 And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt: go down there, and buy for us from there; that we may live, and not die.

    3 And Joseph's ten brothers went down to buy grain in Egypt.

  • Gen 15:12-13
    2 verses
    73%

    12 And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, a horror of great darkness fell upon him.

    13 And He said to Abram, Know certainly that your offspring shall be strangers in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;

  • Gen 12:1
    72%

    1 Now the LORD had said to Abram, Get yourself out of your country, and from your kindred, and from your father's house, to a land that I will show you:

  • Gen 41:30-31
    2 verses
    72%

    30 But after them seven years of famine will arise, and all the abundance will be forgotten in the land of Egypt, and the famine will consume the land.

    31 The abundance in the land will not be known because of the famine that will follow, for it will be very severe.

  • Gen 21:34
    71%

    34 And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines' land many days.

  • Gen 13:5-6
    2 verses
    70%

    5 And Lot also, who went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents.

    6 And the land was not able to support them, that they might dwell together: for their possessions were great, so that they could not dwell together.

  • Gen 16:2
    70%

    2 And Sarai said to Abram, Behold now, the LORD has restrained me from bearing children. I pray you, go in to my maid; it may be that I will obtain children by her. And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.

  • Gen 41:36
    70%

    36 This food shall be in reserve for the land for the seven years of famine which shall be in the land of Egypt, that the land may not perish during the famine.

  • Gen 47:4
    70%

    4 They said moreover to Pharaoh, We have come to sojourn in the land; for your servants have no pasture for their flocks, for the famine is severe in the land of Canaan: now therefore, we pray you, let your servants dwell in the land of Goshen.