Genesis 12:10
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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.Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe.
In other translations
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.Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe.
Hebrew words
וַיְהִיvayhiand it wasH1961רָעָבra'ava famineH7458בָּאָרֶץba'aretzin the landH776וַיֵּרֶדvaiyeredand he went downH3381אַבְרָם'avramAbramH87מִצְרַיְמָהmitzraymahEgypt towardsH4714לָגוּרlagurto sojournH1481שָׁםshamthereH8033כִּי־ki-forH3588כָבֵדkhaved[was] heavyH3515הָרָעָבhara'avthe famineH7458בָּאָרֶץ׃ba'aretzin the landH776
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
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- 2 Kings 4:38And Elisha came again to Gilgal: and there was a dearth in the land; and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him: and he said unto his servant, Set on the great pot, and seethe pottage for the sons of the prophets.When Elisha returned to Gilgal, there was a famine in the land. As the sons of the prophets were sitting at his feet, he said to his attendant, “Put on the large pot and boil some stew for the sons of the prophets.”
- John 16:33These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.I have told you these things so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take courage; I have overcome the world!”
- 2 Kings 6:25And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass’s head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove’s dung for five pieces of silver.So there was a great famine in Samaria. Indeed, they besieged the city so long that a donkey’s head sold for eighty shekels of silver, and a quarter cab of dove’s dung sold for five shekels of silver.
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- Genesis 42:5And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.So the sons of Israel were among those who came to buy grain, since the famine had also spread to the land of Canaan.
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