Genesis 26:1

Modern English Version

There was a famine in the land, in addition to the first famine that was during the days of Abraham. Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines in Gerar.

Cross References

Genesis 12:10

Now there was a famine in the land, so Abram went down to Egypt to live there, for the famine was severe in the land.

Genesis 25:11

After the death of Abraham, God blessed his son Isaac. Isaac lived at Beer Lahai Roi.

Genesis 25:34

Then Jacob gave Esau bread and lentil stew. Then he ate and drank, arose, and went his way. Thus Esau despised his birthright.

Genesis 42:5

Thus the sons of Israel came to buy grain among those who came, for the famine was in the land of Canaan.

Genesis 43:1

Now the famine was severe in the land.

2 Samuel 21:1

Now there was a famine in the days of David for three years, year after year; and David called upon the Lord. The Lord said, “There is blood guilt upon Saul and upon his house because he put the Gibeonites to death.”

Exodus 33:1

Then the Lord said to Moses, “Depart, go up from here, you and the people whom you have brought up from the land of Egypt, to the land which I swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying, ‘To your descendants I will give it.’

Ruth 1:1

In the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land. And a man from Bethlehem in Judah went to live in the land of Moab, he and his wife and his two sons.