NASB Lexicon
KJV Lexicon And there was a faminera`ab (raw-awb') hunger (more or less extensive) -- dearth, famine, + famished, hunger. in the land 'erets (eh'-rets) the earth (at large, or partitively a land) -- common, country, earth, field, ground, land, natins, way, + wilderness, world. and Abram 'Abram (ab-rawm') high father; Abram, the original name of Abraham -- Abram. went down yarad (yaw-rad') to descend; causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications) into Egypt Mitsrayim (mits-rah'-yim) Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt -- Egypt, Egyptians, Mizraim. to sojourn guwr (goor) to turn aside from the road (for a lodging or any other purpose), i.e. sojourn (as a guest); also to shrink, fear (as in a strange place); also to gather for hostility (as afraid) there for the famine ra`ab (raw-awb') hunger (more or less extensive) -- dearth, famine, + famished, hunger. was grievous kabed (kaw-bade') heavy; figuratively in a good sense (numerous) or in a bad sense (severe, difficult, stupid) -- (so) great, grievous, hard(-ened), (too) heavy(-ier), laden, much, slow, sore, thick. in the land 'erets (eh'-rets) the earth (at large, or partitively a land) -- common, country, earth, field, ground, land, natins, way, + wilderness, world. Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible 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. King James Bible 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. Holman Christian Standard Bible There was a famine in the land, so Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine in the land was severe. International Standard Version There was a famine in the land, so Abram went down to Egypt to live because the famine was so severe. NET Bible There was a famine in the land, so Abram went down to Egypt to stay for a while because the famine was severe. GOD'S WORD® Translation There was a famine in the land. Abram went to Egypt to stay awhile because the famine was severe. King James 2000 Bible And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was severe in the land. Links Genesis 12:10Genesis 12:10 NIV Genesis 12:10 NLT Genesis 12:10 ESV Genesis 12:10 NASB Genesis 12:10 KJV |
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