Genesis 12:10 in the King James Version
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.
Context
9 Abram traveled, still going on toward the South.
10 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.
11 When he had come near to enter Egypt, he said to Sarai his wife, “See now, I know that you are a beautiful woman to look at.