Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to live as an outsider there, because the famine was severe in the land.
1 Chronicles 16:20 - Tree of Life Version and wandered from nation to nation, 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. |
Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to live as an outsider there, because the famine was severe in the land.
Then Abraham journeyed from there to the land of the Negev and settled between Kadesh and Shur. While he was dwelling as an outsider in Gerar,
“I am God, the God of your father,” He said. “Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will turn you into a great nation there.
They also took their livestock and their possessions they had acquired in the land of Canaan and they came to Egypt, Jacob and all his offspring with him.
He allowed no one to oppress them, but for their sake He reproved kings: