And there was a famine in the land. And Abram went down into Egypt to stay there, for the famine was grievous in the land.

and said, Behold now, my lords, please turn into your servant's house and stay all night, and wash your feet, and you shall rise up early and go your way. And they said, No, but we will stay in the street.

And they said, Stand back! And they said, This one came in to stay, and must he judge always? Now we will deal worse with you than with them. And they pressed hard upon the man, Lot, and came near to breaking the door.

And it happened when they brought him outside, He said, Escape for your life! Do not look behind you, nor stay in all the plain. Escape to the mountain lest you be consumed.

And Abraham said to his young men, You stay here with the ass. And I and the boy will go on to this way and worship, and come again to you.

And he said, Whose daughter are you? Please tell me. Is there room in your father's house for us to stay?

And her brother and her mother said, Let the young woman stay with us perhaps ten days. After that she shall go.

and stay with him a few days until your brother's fury turns away,

And Laban said, It is better that I give her to you than that I should give her to another man. Stay with me.

And Laban said to him, Please, if I have found favor in your eyes, stay. For I have seen omens, that Jehovah has blessed me for your sake.