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Genesis 12:9-10
New American Standard Bible
Chapter 12
9 Then Abram journeyed on, continuing toward the Negev.
10
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.
King James Version
Chapter 12
9 And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south.
10
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
Chapter 12
9 Then Abram journeyed by stages to the Negev.
10
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.
New Living Translation
Chapter 12
9 Then Abram continued traveling south by stages toward the Negev.
10
At that time a severe famine struck the land of Canaan, forcing Abram to go down to Egypt, where he lived as a foreigner.