## there was a famine ##

"there was no food available" or “there was a shortage of food.” It could also be translated as “the crops did not grow well that season.”

## in the land ##

"in the area" or “in the land where Abram was living"

## went down into ##

This can also be translated as "went south into"

## they will kill me ##

The reason they would kill Abram can be made explicit: "they will kill me so that they can marry you" or "they will kill me in order to marry you." (See

## so that my life may be spared because of you ##

“so that, because of you, they will not kill me”