Holy Scripture
Genesis 12:9
A church father on this verse
“(Verse 9) And Abram, setting out, went into the desert; and famine came upon the land. And in the present and in many other places, for desert, it is written in Hebrew. Therefore, we should take note of this.”
Source: Septuagint
Original
9And Abram departed and went and encamped in the wilderness.
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In context
7And the Lord appeared to Abram, and said to him, I will give this land to thy seed. And Abram built an altar there to the Lord, who appeared to him.
8And he departed thence to the mountain eastward of Bethel, and there he pitched his tent in Bethel near the sea, and Ai toward the east, and there he built an altar to the Lord, and called on the name of the Lord.
— Genesis 12:9 —
10And there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there, because the famine prevailed in the land.
11And it came to pass when Abram drew nigh to enter into Egypt, Abram said to Sarai his wife, I know that thou art a fair woman.