Genesis 12:10
At that time, there was not much food in that country, and so Abram and everyone with him went to live for a short time in the country called Egypt.
Barkly (portions)
In The King James Version
In Context
9Then Abram travelled further south to a dry country called “The Negev.”
Cross References
Genesis 41:56When all the Egyptians were hungry and the bad years got worse, Joseph opened the government sheds and sold the food to the Egyptians.
Genesis 42:5A lot of people from Canaan were going to Egypt to buy food, and so Jacob's sons went with them. All the countries in that part of the world were having a hard time, no food would grow.
Genesis 46:3God said, “I am the God of your father Isaac. Do not be frightened to go down to Egypt. Your sons are going to have a lot of children and grandchildren, and I am going to make them into a great nation down there.
Ruth 1:1This story comes from a long time ago when the leader for the Israelite people was called a Judge. There was a man named Elim-elek who was from the Ef-rath (Ephrath) clan. And he lived in the town of Bethlehem in the country that belonged to the tribe of Judah. Elim-elek was married to Naomi and they had 2 sons, Mah-lon and Kill-e-on (Kilion). There came a time when there was not much food growing in the country of Israel, and all the people were really hungry. So Elim-elek took his wife and his 2 sons to live for a while in a country called Mo-ab.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 12:7-10
Abram's Devotion. ( b. c. 1921.) 6 And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land. 7 And the Lord appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the Lord , who appeared unto him. 8 And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Beth-el, and pitched his tent, having Beth-el on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the Lord , and called upon the… Read the whole commentary →