Genesis 12:10
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And there came a famine in the country: and Abram went down into Egypt, to sojourn there: for the famine was very grievous in the land.

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Genesis 26:1 And when a famine came in the land, after that barrenness which had happened in the days of Abraham, Isaac went to Abimelech, king of the Palestines, to Gerara.

Genesis 42:5 And they entered into the land of Egypt with others that went to buy. For the famine was in the land of Chanaan.

Genesis 43:1 In the mean time the famine was heavy upon all the land.

Genesis 47:13 For in the whole world there was want of bread, and a famine had oppressed the land, more especially of Egypt and Chanaan;

Ruth 1:1 In the days of the judges, when the judges ruled, there came a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehem Juda, went to sojourn in the land of Moab with his wife and his two sons.

2 Samuel 21:1 And there was a famine in the days of David for three years successively: and David consulted the oracle of the Lord. And the Lord said: It is for Saul, and his bloody house, because he slow the Gabaonites.

1 Kings 17:1-18:46 And Elias the Thesbite, of the inhabitants of Galaad, said to Achab: As the Lord liveth, the God of Israel, in whose sight I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to the words of my mouth. . . .

2 Kings 4:38 And Eliseus returned to Galgal, and there was a famine in the land, and the sons of the prophets dwelt before him: And he said to one of his servants: Set on the great pot, and boil pottage for the sons of the prophets.

2 Kings 6:25 And there was a great famine in Samaria: and so long did the siege continue, till the head of an ass was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cabe of pigeons' dung, for five pieces of silver.

2 Kings 7:1-8:1 And Eliseus said: Hear ye the word of the Lord: Thus saith the Lord: Tomorrow, about this time, a bushel of fine flour shall be sold for a stater, and two bushels of barley for a stater, in the gate of Samaria. . . .

Psalm 34:19 Many are the afflictions of the just; but out of them all will the Lord deliver them.

Psalm 107:34 A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.

Jeremiah 14:1 The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah concerning the words of the drought.

John 16:33 These things I have spoken to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you shall have distress. But have confidence. I have overcome the world.

Acts 7:11 Now there came a famine upon all Egypt and Chanaan, and great tribulation: and our fathers found no food.

Acts 14:22 Confirming the souls of the disciples and exhorting them to continue in the faith: and that through many tribulations we must enter into the kingdom of God.

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Genesis 26:2,3 And the Lord appeared to him, and said: Go not down into Egypt, but stay in the land that I shall tell thee. . . .

Genesis 43:1 In the mean time the famine was heavy upon all the land.

Genesis 46:3,4 God said to him: I am the most mighty God of thy father; fear not, go down into Egypt, for I will make a great nation of thee there. . . .

2 Kings 8:1,2 And Eliseus spoke to the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying: Arise, and go thou, and thy household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst find: for the Lord hath called a famine, and it shall come upon the land seven years. . . .

Psalm 105:13 And they passed from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people.

Context
Abram and Sarai in Egypt
10And there came a famine in the country: and Abram went down into Egypt, to sojourn there: for the famine was very grievous in the land.11And when he was near to enter into Egypt, he said to Sarai his wife: I know that thou art a beautiful woman:…
Cross References
Genesis 26:1
And when a famine came in the land, after that barrenness which had happened in the days of Abraham, Isaac went to Abimelech, king of the Palestines, to Gerara.

Genesis 41:57
And all provinces came into Egypt, to buy food, and to seek some relief of their want.

Genesis 42:5
And they entered into the land of Egypt with others that went to buy. For the famine was in the land of Chanaan.

Genesis 43:1
In the mean time the famine was heavy upon all the land.

Ruth 1:1
In the days of the judges, when the judges ruled, there came a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehem Juda, went to sojourn in the land of Moab with his wife and his two sons.

2 Samuel 21:1
And there was a famine in the days of David for three years successively: and David consulted the oracle of the Lord. And the Lord said: It is for Saul, and his bloody house, because he slow the Gabaonites.

Lexicon
Now there was
וַיְהִ֥י (way·hî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

a famine
רָעָ֖ב (rā·‘āḇ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7458: Famine, hunger

in the land.
בָּאָ֑רֶץ (bā·’ā·reṣ)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land

So Abram
אַבְרָ֤ם (’aḇ·rām)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 87: Abram -- 'exalted father', the original name of Abraham

went down
וַיֵּ֨רֶד (way·yê·reḏ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3381: To come or go down, descend

to Egypt
מִצְרַ֙יְמָה֙ (miṣ·ray·māh)
Noun - proper - feminine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4714: Egypt -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their country in Northwest Africa

to live there
שָׁ֔ם (šām)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 8033: There, then, thither

for a while
לָג֣וּר (lā·ḡūr)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 1481: To turn aside from the road, sojourn, to shrink, fear, to gather for, hostility

because
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

the famine
הָרָעָ֖ב (hā·rā·‘āḇ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7458: Famine, hunger

was severe.
כָבֵ֥ד (ḵā·ḇêḏ)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3515: Heavy


Additional Translations
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.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.

And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was sore in the land.

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

And there was a famine in the land. And Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there, for the famine was grievous in the land.

And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was sore in the land.

And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to dwell there; for the famine was grievous in the land.

There was a famine in the land. Abram went down into Egypt to live as a foreigner there, for the famine was severe in the land.

And there is a famine in the land, and Abram goeth down towards Egypt to sojourn there, for the famine is grievous in the land;
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