Genesis 12:10

And it came to pass that there was a famine, in the land,—so Abram went down towards Egypt, to sojourn there, because grievous, was the famine in the land.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

9Thus Abram brake up, again and again, towards the South.

11And it came to pass when he had come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife: Behold! I beseech thee I know that a woman fair to look on, thou art:

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Cross References

Genesis 41:56Now, the famine, was over all the face of the land,—so Joseph opened all [places] wherein it was and sold corn to the Egyptians, and the famine laid fast hold of the land of Egypt.

Genesis 42:5Thus came in the sons of Israel, to buy corn in the midst of them that came—for the famine was in the land of Canaan.

Genesis 46:3And he said: I, am GOD himself, the God of thy father,—Be not afraid of going down to Egypt, seeing that for a great nation, will I plant thee there.

Ruth 1:1And it came to pass, in the days when the Judges administered justice, that there was a famine in the land,—and so a certain man went his way, out of Bethlehem-judah to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.

1 Kings 17:1Then said Elijah the Tishbite, of Tishbe in Gilead, unto Ahab, By the life of Yahweh, God of Israel, before whom I stand, there shall not, these two years, be either dew or rain,—save at the bidding of my word.

2 Kings 6:25And there came to be, a great famine, in Samaria, and lo! they continued the siege against it,—until an ass’s head was sold for eighty pieces of silver, and one pint of dove’s dung for five pieces of silver.

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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