Genesis 12:10

Old Testament • 9 words with Strong's data

"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."

Word-by-Word Analysis

And there was a

רָעָב

râʻâb

H7458

hunger (more or less extensive)

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in the

אֶרֶץ

ʼerets

H776

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

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and

אַבְרָם

ʼAbrâm

H87

Abram, the original name of Abraham

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יָלַךְ

yâlak

H3212

to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)

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down into

מִצְרַיִם

Mitsrayim

H4714

Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt

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to

גּוּר

gûwr

H1481

properly, to turn aside from the road (for a lodging or any other purpose), i.e. sojourn (as a guest); also to shrink, fear (as in a strange place); a...

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there for the

רָעָב

râʻâb

H7458

hunger (more or less extensive)

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was

כָּבֵד

kâbêd

H3515

heavy; figuratively in a good sense (numerous) or in a bad sense (severe, difficult, stupid)

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in the

אֶרֶץ

ʼerets

H776

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

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Key Terms in This Verse

sojourn H1481

גּוּר gûwr

properly, to turn aside from the road (for a lodging or any other purpose), i.e. sojourn (as a guest); also to shrink, fear (as in a strange place); also to gather forhostility (as afraid)

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grievous H3515

כָּבֵד kâbêd

heavy; figuratively in a good sense (numerous) or in a bad sense (severe, difficult, stupid)

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Abram H87

אַבְרָם ʼAbrâm

Abram, the original name of Abraham

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famine H7458

רָעָב râʻâb

hunger (more or less extensive)

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famine H7458

רָעָב râʻâb

hunger (more or less extensive)

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Egypt H4714

מִצְרַיִם Mitsrayim

Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt

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went H3212

יָלַךְ yâlak

to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)

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land H776

אֶרֶץ ʼerets

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

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land H776

אֶרֶץ ʼerets

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

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Cross References

Genesis 43:1 cross-reference

And the famine was sore in the land.

Jeremiah 14:1 cross-reference

The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the dearth.

2 Kings 6:25 cross-reference

And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass’s head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove’s dung for five pieces of silv...

John 16:33 cross-reference

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.

Acts 7:11 cross-reference

Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.

Genesis 47:13 cross-reference

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.

Psalm 105:13 cross-reference

When they went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another people;

2 Kings 4:38 cross-reference

And Elisha came again to Gilgal: and there was a dearth in the land; and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him: and he said unto his servant, Set on the great pot, and seethe pottage for th...

2 Samuel 21:1 cross-reference

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 Gibeonit...

Psalm 34:19 cross-reference

Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.

Ruth 1:1 cross-reference

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 Bethlehemjudah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two so...

Psalm 107:34 cross-reference

A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.

Genesis 42:5 cross-reference

And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.

Acts 14:22 cross-reference

Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.

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