Genesis 12:10 — compare English translations
Compare translationsGenesis 12:10 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וַיְהִ֥י
hâyâh
H1961
to be
רָעָ֖ב
râʻâb
H7458
famine
בָּאָ֑רֶץ
ʼerets
H776
land
וַיֵּ֨רֶד
yârad
H3381
to go down
אַבְרָ֤ם
ʼAbrâm
H87
Abram
מִצְרַ֨יְמָה֙
Mitsrayim
H4714
Egypt
לָג֣וּר
gûwr
H1481
to sojourn
שָׁ֔ם
shâm
H8033
there
כִּֽי
kîy
H3588
that
כָבֵ֥ד
kâbêd
H3515
heavy
הָרָעָ֖ב
râʻâb
H7458
famine
בָּאָֽרֶץ
ʼerets
H776
land
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
There was a famine in the land. Abram went down into Egypt to live as a foreigner there, for the famine was sore in the land.
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King James Version Public Domain
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.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Then there was a famine in the land, so Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there because the famine heavy in the land.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).