Genesis 12:10
8 And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Beth-el, and pitched his tent, having Beth-el on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD.
9 And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south.
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.
11 And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon:
12 Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive.
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Sammenlign
- ÅB
- Så ble det hungersnød i landet; og Abram dro ned til Egypt for å oppholde seg der, for hungersnøden var stor i landet.
- OTB
- Det ble hungersnød i landet, så Abram dro ned til Egypt for å bo der en tid, for hungersnøden var hard.
- B1930
- Så blev det hungersnød i landet; og Abram drog ned til Egypten for å opholde sig der, for hungersnøden var stor i landet.
- BSB
- Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- 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.
- ASV
- 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
- 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.
- BLB
- And there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there, for the famine [was] severe in the land.
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Genesis 43:1
And the famine was sore in the land.
Les i sammenhengGenesis 26:1–3
And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar.
Les i sammenheng2 Samuel 21:1
Then there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David enquired of the LORD. And the LORD answered, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites.
Les i sammenhengGenesis 47:13
And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very sore, so that the land of Egypt and all the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine.
Les i sammenhengJeremiah 14:1
The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the dearth.
Les i sammenhengRuth 1:1
Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Beth-lehem-judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.
Les i sammenhengJohn 16:33
These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
Les i sammenheng2 Kings 7:1–8
Then Elisha said, Hear ye the word of the LORD; Thus saith the LORD, To morrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.
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