Genesis 12:10

Easy To Read Version

During this time, the land was very dry. There was no rain, and no food was able to grow. So Abram went down to Egypt to live.

Cross References

Genesis 41:56

There was famine [241] everywhere, so Joseph gave the people grain from the warehouses. Joseph sold the stored grain to the people of Egypt. The famine was bad in Egypt.

Genesis 41:57

But the famine was bad everywhere! So people from the countries around Egypt had to come to Egypt to buy grain.

Genesis 42:5

The famine was very bad in Canaan, so there were many people from Canaan who went to Egypt to buy grain. Among them were the sons of Israel.

Genesis 43:1

The time of hunger was very bad in that country.

Genesis 47:13

The time of hunger became worse. There was no food anywhere in the land. Egypt and Canaan became very poor because of this bad time.

2 Samuel 21:1

There was a famine while David was king. This time of hunger continued for three years. David prayed to the Lord, and the Lord answered. The Lord said, “Saul and his family of murderers [119] are the reason for this time of hunger. This famine came because Saul killed the Gibeonites.” (

2 Kings 4:38

Elisha went to Gilgal again. There was a time of hunger in the land. The group of prophets [32] was sitting in front of Elisha. Elisha said to his servant, “Put the large pot on the fire, and make some soup for the group of prophets.”

2 Kings 6:25

{The soldiers would not let people bring food into the city.} So there was a time of terrible hunger in Samaria. It was so bad in Samaria that a donkey’s head was sold for 80 pieces of silver. And one pint [70] of dove’s dung sold for five pieces of silver.

Psalm 105:13

They traveled from nation to nation,\par from one kingdom to another.\par

Psalm 107:34

God changed the fertile land\par and it became worthless salty land.\par Why? Because of the bad people\par who were living in that place.\par

Psalm 34:19

Good people might have many problems,\par but the Lord will save them\par from every one of their problems.\par

Jeremiah 14:1

This is the Lord’s message to Jeremiah about the drought: {\cf2\super [119]}

John 16:33

“I told you these things so that you can have peace in me. In this world you will have trouble. But be brave! I have defeated the world!”

Acts 14:22

In those cities Paul and Barnabas made the followers \{of Jesus\} stronger. They helped them to stay in the faith. Paul and Barnabas said, “We must suffer many things on our way into God’s kingdom.”

Acts 7:11

But all the land of Egypt and of Canaan became dry. It became so dry that food could not grow there. This made the people suffer very much. Our fathers could not find anything to eat.

Ruth 1:1

Long ago, during the time the judges [1] ruled, there was a bad time when there was not enough food to eat. A man named Elimelech left Bethlehem, Judah. He, his wife and his two sons moved to the hill country of Moab. [2]