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

He said, "Here, my lords, please turn aside to your servant's house. Stay the night and wash your feet. Then you can be on your way early in the morning." "No," they replied, "we'll spend the night in the town square."

So he said to his servants, "You two stay here with the donkey while the boy and I go up there. We will worship and then return to you."

But Rebekah's brother and her mother replied, "Let the girl stay with us a few more days, perhaps ten. Then she can go."

Stay in this land. Then I will be with you and will bless you, for I will give all these lands to you and to your descendants, and I will fulfill the solemn promise I made to your father Abraham.

Stay there until your brother's anger against you subsides and he forgets what you did to him. Then I'll send someone to bring you back from there. Why should I lose both of you in one day?"

Laban replied, "I'd rather give her to you than to another man. Stay with me."

But Laban said to him, "If I have found favor in your sight, please stay here, for I have learned by divination that the Lord has blessed me on account of you."

because they had too many possessions to be able to stay together and the land where they had settled was not able to support them because of their livestock.