Genesis 12:10

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“Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe.”

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“Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe.”

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KJVPD

“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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
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“And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was sore in the land.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“And there is a famine in the land, and Abram goeth down towards Egypt to sojourn there, for the famine <FI>is<Fi> grievous in the land;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Genesis 12:10 — 21 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 26:1Now there was another famine in the land, subsequent to the one that had occurred in Abraham’s time. And Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines at Gerar.
  2. Genesis 41:56When the famine had spread over all the land, Joseph opened up all the storehouses and sold grain to the Egyptians; for the famine was severe in the land of Egypt.
  3. Genesis 41:57And every nation came to Joseph in Egypt to buy grain, because the famine was severe over all the earth.
  4. Genesis 42:5So the sons of Israel were among those who came to buy grain, since the famine had also spread to the land of Canaan.
  5. Genesis 43:1Now the famine was still severe in the land.
  6. Genesis 46:3“I am God,” He said, “the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great nation there.
  7. Genesis 47:13There was no food, however, in all that region, because the famine was so severe; the lands of Egypt and Canaan had been exhausted by the famine.
  8. Ruth 1:1In the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land. And a certain man from Bethlehem in Judah, with his wife and two sons, went to reside in the land of Moab.
  9. 2 Samuel 21:1During the reign of David there was a famine for three successive years, and David sought the face of the LORD. And the LORD said, “It is because of the blood shed by Saul and his family, because he killed the Gibeonites.”
  10. 1 Kings 17:1Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was among the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As surely as the LORD lives—the God of Israel before whom I stand—there will be neither dew nor rain in these years except at my word!”
  11. 2 Kings 4:38When Elisha returned to Gilgal, there was a famine in the land. As the sons of the prophets were sitting at his feet, he said to his attendant, “Put on the large pot and boil some stew for the sons of the prophets.”
  12. 2 Kings 6:25So there was a great famine in Samaria. Indeed, they besieged the city so long that a donkey’s head sold for eighty shekels of silver, and a quarter cab of dove’s dung sold for five shekels of silver.
  13. 2 Kings 7:1Then Elisha said, “Hear the word of the LORD! This is what the LORD says: ‘About this time tomorrow at the gate of Samaria, a seah of fine flour will sell for a shekel, and two seahs of barley will sell for a shekel.’”
  14. 2 Kings 8:1Now Elisha had said to the woman whose son he had restored to life, “Arise, you and your household; go and live as a foreigner wherever you can. For the LORD has decreed a seven-year famine, and it has already come to the land.”
  15. Psalms 34:19Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him from them all.
  16. Psalms 105:13they wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another.
  17. Psalms 107:34and fruitful land into fields of salt, because of the wickedness of its dwellers.
  18. Jeremiah 14:1This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought:
  19. John 16:33I have told you these things so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take courage; I have overcome the world!”
  20. Acts 7:11Then famine and great suffering swept across Egypt and Canaan, and our fathers could not find food.
  21. Acts 14:22strengthening the souls of the disciples and encouraging them to continue in the faith. “We must endure many hardships to enter the kingdom of God,” they said.

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