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.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsAnd there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was sore 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.
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;
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.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentGenesis — The book of beginnings. Creation, fall, flood, covenant, election, providence — eleven generational seams stitch one unbroken story from heaven-and-earth to a coffin in Egypt.
- Author
- Moses — by traditional attribution; the book is the first of the Pentateuch
- Date
- Composed c. 15th–13th century BC; draws on older patriarchal sources (the toledoth framework is internal)