There was a famine in the land, and Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there, for the famine was severe in the land.
[JPS translation]
Suggested Discussion Questions:
1. Migration is a common response to famine and other crises related to food, land and employment. What were the results of this migration? What were the results of a similar migration that happened two generations later?
Time Period: Biblical (early ancestors to 165 BCE)