Genesis 26:1

Bible in Basic English 1965

Then came a time of great need in the land, like that which had been before in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Abimelech, king of the Philistines, at Gerar.

Cross References

Genesis 12:10

And because there was little food to be had in that land, he went down into Egypt.

Genesis 25:11

Now after the death of Abraham, the blessing of God was with Isaac, his son.

Genesis 25:34

Then Jacob gave him bread and soup; and he took food and drink and went away, caring little for his birthright.

Genesis 42:5

And the sons of Israel came with all the others to get grain: for they were very short of food in the land of Canaan.

Genesis 43:1

Now the land was in bitter need of food.

2 Samuel 21:1

In the days of David they were short of food for three years, year after year; and David went before the Lord for directions. And the Lord said, On Saul and on his family there is blood, because he put the Gibeonites to death.

Exodus 33:1

And the Lord said to Moses, Go forward from this place, you and the people whom you have taken up out of the land of Egypt, to that land about which I made an oath to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying, To your seed will I give it.

Ruth 1:1

Now there came a time, in the days of the judges, when there was no food in the land. And a certain man went from Beth-lehem-judah, he and his wife and his two sons, to make a living-place in the country of Moab.