Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to reside there as an alien, for the famine was severe in the land.
1 Chronicles 16:20 - New Revised Standard Version wandering from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another people, 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. |
Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to reside there as an alien, for the famine was severe in the land.
From there Abraham journeyed toward the region of the Negeb, and settled between Kadesh and Shur. While residing in Gerar as an alien,
Then he said, “I am God, the God of your father; do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make of you a great nation there.
They also took their livestock and the goods that they had acquired in the land of Canaan, and they came into Egypt, Jacob and all his offspring with him,
When they were few in number, of little account, and strangers in the land,
he allowed no one to oppress them; he rebuked kings on their account,