Genesis 12:10

New American Bible - revised edition

There was famine in the land; so Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there, since the famine in the land was severe.

Cross References

Genesis 43:1

Now the famine in the land grew severe.

Acts 14:22

They strengthened the spirits of the disciples and exhorted them to persevere in the faith, saying, “It is necessary for us to undergo many hardships to enter the kingdom of God.”

Acts 7:11

Then a famine and great affliction struck all Egypt and Canaan, and our ancestors could find no food;

John 16:33

I have told you this so that you might have peace in me. In the world you will have trouble, but take courage, I have conquered the world.”

Jeremiah 14:1

The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought:

Psalm 107:34

Fruitful land into a salty waste, because of the wickedness of its people.

Psalm 105:13

Wandering from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another people,

Psalm 34:19

The Lord is close to the brokenhearted, saves those whose spirit is crushed.

2 Kings 6:25

Because of the siege the famine in Samaria was so severe that a donkey’s head sold for eighty pieces of silver, and a fourth of a kab of “dove droppings” for five pieces of silver.

2 Kings 4:38

When Elisha returned to Gilgal, there was a famine in the land. Once, when the guild prophets were seated before him, he said to his servant, “Put the large pot on, and make some vegetable stew for the guild prophets.”

2 Samuel 21:1

In David’s time there was a famine for three years, year after year. David sought the presence of the Lord, who said: There is bloodguilt on Saul and his family because he put the Gibeonites to death.

Ruth 1:1

Once back in the time of the judges there was a famine in the land; so a man from Bethlehem of Judah left home with his wife and two sons to reside on the plateau of Moab.

Genesis 47:13

Since there was no food in all the land because of the extreme severity of the famine, and the lands of Egypt and Canaan were languishing from hunger,

Genesis 42:5

And so the sons of Israel were among those who came to buy grain, since there was famine in the land of Canaan.

Genesis 41:57

Indeed, the whole world came to Egypt to Joseph to buy grain, for famine had gripped the whole world.

Genesis 41:56

When the famine had spread throughout the land, Joseph opened all the cities that had grain and rationed it to the Egyptians, since the famine had gripped the land of Egypt.