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Source language
JPS Hebrew-English TANAKH   
ויהי רעב בארץ וירד אברם מצרימה לגור שם כי כבד הרעב בארץ
Hebrew - Transliteration via code library   
vyhy r`b bArTS vyrd Abrm mTSrymh lgvr SHm ky kbd hr`b bArTS

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
facta est autem fames in terra descenditque Abram in Aegyptum ut peregrinaretur ibi praevaluerat enim fames in terra

King James Variants
American King James Version   
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.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
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.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
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.
Authorized (King James) Version   
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.
New King James Version   
Now there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down to Egypt to dwell there, for the famine was severe in the land.
21st Century King James Version   
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.

Other translations
American Standard Version   
And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was sore in the land.
Darby Bible Translation   
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.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
And there came a famine in the country; and Abram went down into Egypt, to sojourn there: for the famine was very grievous in the land.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was sore in the land.
English Standard Version Journaling 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.
God's Word   
There was a famine in the land. Abram went to Egypt to stay awhile because the famine was severe.
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.
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.
New International Version   
Now there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe.
New Living Translation   
At that time a severe famine struck the land of Canaan, forcing Abram to go down to Egypt, where he lived as a foreigner.
Webster's Bible Translation   
And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to dwell there; for the famine was grievous in the land.
The World English Bible   
There was a famine in the land. Abram went down into Egypt to live as a foreigner there, for the famine was severe in the land.
EasyEnglish Bible   
There was a famine in the land of Canaan. So Abram went to live in Egypt for some time, because the famine was very bad.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
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;
New Life Version   
Now there was no food in the land. So Abram went south to Egypt to stay there, because it was very hard to live in the land with no food.
The Voice Bible   
Now at this time, there came a severe famine in the land of Canaan. Food was scarce, so Abram made his way to Egypt to live there for a while as a foreigner.
Living Bible   
There was at that time a terrible famine in the land: and so Abram went on down to Egypt to live.
New Catholic Bible   
There was a famine in the land and Abram went down to Egypt to stay there for a time, for the famine was very serious in the land.
Legacy 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.
Jubilee Bible 2000   
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.
Christian Standard Bible   
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.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
Now there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down into Egypt to live temporarily, for the famine in the land was oppressive (intense and grievous).
New Century Version   
At this time there was not much food in the land, so Abram went down to Egypt to live because there was so little food.
The Message   
Then a famine came to the land. Abram went down to Egypt to live; it was a hard famine. As he drew near to Egypt, he said to his wife, Sarai, “Look. We both know that you’re a beautiful woman. When the Egyptians see you they’re going to say, ‘Aha! That’s his wife!’ and kill me. But they’ll let you live. Do me a favor: tell them you’re my sister. Because of you, they’ll welcome me and let me live.”
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
There was a famine in the land. So Abram went down into Egypt to stay there for a while, because the famine was severe in the land.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
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.
Good News Translation®   
But there was a famine in Canaan, and it was so bad that Abram went farther south to Egypt, to live there for a while.
Wycliffe Bible   
Soothly hunger was made in the land; and Abram went down into Egypt, to be a pilgrim there (to live there for a while), for hunger had the mastery in the land.
Contemporary English Version   
The crops failed, and there was no food anywhere in Canaan. So Abram and his wife Sarai went to live in Egypt for a while. But just before they got there, Abram said, “Sarai, you are really beautiful!
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
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.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
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.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
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.
Common English Bible © 2011   
When a famine struck the land, Abram went down toward Egypt to live as an immigrant since the famine was so severe in the land.
Amplified Bible © 2015   
Now there was a famine in the land; and Abram went down into Egypt to live temporarily, for the famine in the land was oppressive and severe.
English Standard Version Anglicised   
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.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
There was famine in the land; so Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there, since the famine in the land was severe.
New American Standard Bible   
Now there was a famine in the land; so Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a time, because the famine was severe in the land.
The Expanded Bible   
At this time there was ·not much food [L a famine] in the land, so Abram went down to Egypt to ·live [L sojourn] because ·there was so little food [L the famine was severe].
Tree of Life Version   
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.
Revised Standard Version   
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.
New International Reader's Version   
At that time there was not enough food in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while.
BRG 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.
Complete Jewish Bible   
But there was a famine in the land, so Avram went down into Egypt to stay there, because the famine in the land was severe.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
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.
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
And there was a ra’av in the land; and Avram went down into Mitzrayim to sojourn there; for the ra’av was severe in ha’aretz.
Names of God Bible   
There was a famine in the land. Abram went to Egypt to stay awhile because the famine was severe.
Modern English Version   
Now there was a famine in the land, so Abram went down to Egypt to live there, for the famine was severe in the land.
Easy-to-Read Version   
During this time there was not enough food in the land, so Abram went down to Egypt to live.
International Children’s Bible   
At this time there was not much food in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to live because there was so little food.
Lexham English Bible   
And there was a famine in the land. And Abram went down to Egypt to dwell as an alien there, for the famine was severe in the land.
New International Version - UK   
Now there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe.