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.
1 Chronicles 16:20 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised wandering from nation to nation and from one kingdom to another, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And when they went from nation to nation, And from one kingdom to another people; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition When they went from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people, American Standard Version (1901) And they went about from nation to nation, And from one kingdom to another people. Common English Bible wandering from nation to nation, from one kingdom to the next, Catholic Public Domain Version And they passed through, from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And they passed from nation to nation: and from a kingdom to another people. |
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.
From there Abraham travelled to the region of the Negev and settled between Kadesh and Shur. While he was staying in Gerar,
God said, ‘I am God, the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great nation there.
They also took their cattle and possessions they had acquired in the land of Canaan. Then Jacob and all his offspring with him came to Egypt.
When they were few in number, very few indeed, and resident foreigners in Canaan