4 occurrences

'Famine in the Land' in the Bible

There was a famine in the land, so Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine in the land was severe.

There was another famine in the land in addition to the one that had occurred in Abraham’s time. And Isaac went to Abimelech, king of the Philistines, at Gerar.

Now the famine in the land was severe.

Then they said to Pharaoh, “We have come to live in the land for a while because there is no grazing land for your servants’ sheep, since the famine in the land of Canaan has been severe. So now, please let your servants settle in the land of Goshen.”

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