Genesis 12:10

And there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down to Mizraim, to sojourn there, because the famine was strong in the land.

Targum Onkelos

In The King James 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.

In Context

9And Abram migrated, going and migrating to the south.

11And it was that as he drew nigh to enter Mizraim he said to Sara his wife, Behold, now I know that thou art a woman beautiful in sight;

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Cross References

Genesis 41:56And the famine was over all the face of the land; and Joseph opened all the granaries in which was the corn, and sold to the Mizraee, and the famine became mighty in the land of Mizraim.

Genesis 42:5And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among them who came; for the famine was in the land of Kenaan.

Genesis 46:3And He said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down into Mizraim; for a great people will I make thee there.

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 →

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