Genesis 12:10

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Summary

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.

Was a

Went

Psalm 105:13

Bible References

Was a

There was a famine in the land, subsequent to the earlier famine that occurred in the days of Abraham. Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines at Gerar.

So Israel's sons came to buy grain among the other travelers, for the famine was severe in the land of Canaan.

Now the famine was severe in the land.

But there was no food in all the land because the famine was very severe; the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan wasted away because of the famine.

During the time of the judges there was a famine in the land of Judah. So a man from Bethlehem in Judah went to live as a resident foreigner in the region of Moab, along with his wife and two sons.

During David's reign there was a famine for three consecutive years. So David inquired of the Lord. The Lord said, "It is because of Saul and his bloodstained family, because he murdered the Gibeonites."

Now Elisha went back to Gilgal, while there was famine in the land. Some of the prophets were visiting him and he told his servant, "Put the big pot on the fire and boil some stew for the prophets."

Samaria's food supply ran out. They laid siege to it so long that a donkey's head was selling for eighty shekels of silver and a quarter of a kab of dove's droppings for five shekels of silver.

Elisha replied, "Hear the word of the Lord! This is what the Lord says, 'About this time tomorrow a seah of finely milled flour will sell for a shekel and two seahs of barley for a shekel at the gate of Samaria.'"

The godly face many dangers, but the Lord saves them from each one of them.

and a fruitful land into a barren place, because of the sin of its inhabitants.

The Lord spoke to Jeremiah about the drought.

I have told you these things so that in me you may have peace. In the world you have trouble and suffering, but take courage -- I have conquered the world."

Then a famine occurred throughout Egypt and Canaan, causing great suffering, and our ancestors could not find food.

They strengthened the souls of the disciples and encouraged them to continue in the faith, saying, "We must enter the kingdom of God through many persecutions."

Went

The Lord appeared to Isaac and said, "Do not go down to Egypt; settle down in the land that I will point out to you.

Now the famine was severe in the land.

He said, "I am God, the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great nation there.

Now Elisha advised the woman whose son he had brought back to life, "You and your family should go and live somewhere else for a while, for the Lord has decreed that a famine will overtake the land for seven years."

they wandered from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another.