Genesis 12:10

New English Translation

There was a famine in the land, so Abram went down to Egypt to stay for a while because the famine was severe.

Cross References

Genesis 41:56

While the famine was over all the earth, Joseph opened the storehouses and sold grain to the Egyptians. The famine was severe throughout the land of Egypt.

Genesis 41:57

People from every country came to Joseph in Egypt to buy grain because the famine was severe throughout the earth.

Genesis 42:5

So Israel’s sons came to buy grain among the other travelers, for the famine was severe in the land of Canaan.

Genesis 43:1

Now the famine was severe in the land.

Genesis 47:13

But there was no food in all the land because the famine was very severe; the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan wasted away because of the famine.

2 Samuel 21:1

During David’s reign there was a famine for three consecutive years. So David inquired of the Lord. The Lord said, “It is because of Saul and his bloodstained family, because he murdered the Gibeonites.”

2 Kings 4:38

Now Elisha went back to Gilgal, while there was famine in the land. Some of the prophets were visiting him and he told his servant, “Put the big pot on the fire and boil some stew for the prophets.”

2 Kings 6:25

Samaria’s food supply ran out. They laid siege to it so long that a donkey’s head was selling for eighty shekels of silver and a quarter of a kab of dove’s droppings for five shekels of silver.

Psalm 105:13

they wandered from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another.

Psalm 107:34

and a fruitful land into a barren place, because of the sin of its inhabitants.

Psalm 34:19

The godly face many dangers, but the Lord saves them from each one of them.

Jeremiah 14:1

The Lord spoke to Jeremiah about the drought.

John 16:33

I have told you these things so that in me you may have peace. In the world you have trouble and suffering, but take courage – I have conquered the world.”

Acts 14:22

They strengthened the souls of the disciples and encouraged them to continue in the faith, saying, “We must enter the kingdom of God through many persecutions.”

Acts 7:11

Then a famine occurred throughout Egypt and Canaan, causing great suffering, and our ancestors could not find food.

Ruth 1:1

During the time of the judges there was a famine in the land of Judah. So a man from Bethlehem in Judah went to live as a resident foreigner in the region of Moab, along with his wife and two sons.