Genesis 12:10 meaning and explanation

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.

Genesis 12:10, Berean Standard Bible

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Abram has just arrived in Canaan, the land God promised to show him, and now a famine strikes it. The narrator states the fact plainly: the famine was severe, so Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while.

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