NIV: 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.
NAS: 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.
KJV: 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.
GWT: There was a famine in the land. Abram went to Egypt to stay awhile because the famine was severe.
ASV: 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.
BBE: And because there was little food to be had in that land, he went down into Egypt.
DBY: 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.
DRB: 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.
WBS: 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.
WEB: 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.
YLT: 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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