Genesis 12:10

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^10–13Then a famine came to the land. Abram went down to Egypt to live; it was a hard famine.

Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there, for the famine was severe in the land.

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.

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

At that time a severe famine struck the land of Canaan, forcing Abram to go down to Egypt, where he lived as a foreigner.

And there was a famine in the land. And Abram went down to Egypt to dwell as an alien there, for the famine was severe in the land.

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.

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