English of Core Text: The Sages taught: when there is famine in the city, scatter your feet (leave), as it is said “There was a famine in the land, and Avram went down to Egypt to sojourn there.”
On the daf / in context: The baraita uses Avram’s descent as the prototype for the practical ruling that one may (or should) leave a place of famine.
Type of Learning
Custom
What Is Learned
Avram’s descent to Egypt is the classic source for the advice to leave a famine-stricken place.