Genesis 26:1

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There was a famine in the country—not the one that happened before in Abraham's time, but a later one. So Isaac moved to Gerar in the territory of Abimelech, king of the Philistines.

Cross References

Genesis 12:10

But the land had been hit by famine. So Abram continued on to Egypt, planning to live there because the famine was so bad.

Genesis 25:11

After Abraham's death, God blessed his son Isaac, who was living near Beer-lahai-roi.

Genesis 25:34

Then Jacob gave Esau some bread and lentil stew. He ate and drank, and then he got up and left. By doing this Esau showed how little he cared for his rights as the firstborn son.

Genesis 42:5

So Israel's sons went to buy grain along with everyone else, because there was famine in Canaan too.

Genesis 43:1

The famine continued to be really bad in Canaan,

2 Samuel 21:1

Once during David's reign there was a famine for three years in a row, and David asked the Lord about it. The Lord replied, “It's because Saul and his family are guilty of murdering the Gibeonites.”

Exodus 33:1

Then the Lord told Moses, “Leave this place, you and the people you led out of Egypt, and go to the land I promised with an oath to give to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, telling them, ‘I will give this land to your descendants.’

Ruth 1:1

There was a famine during the time when the judges ruled Israel, so a man left Bethlehem in Judah and went to live in exile in the country of Moab, along with his wife and two sons.