Genesis 26:1

New International Reader's Version

There was very little food in the land. The same thing had been true earlier, in Abraham’s time. Isaac went to Abimelek in Gerar. Abimelek was the king of the Philistines.

Cross References

Genesis 12:10

At that time there was not enough food in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while.

Genesis 25:11

After Abraham died, God blessed his son Isaac. At that time Isaac was living near Beer Lahai Roi.

Genesis 25:34

Then Jacob gave Esau some bread and some lentil stew. Esau ate and drank. Then he got up and left. So Esau didn’t value the rights that belonged to him as the oldest son.

Genesis 42:5

Israel’s sons were among the people who went to buy grain. There wasn’t enough food in the land of Canaan.

Genesis 43:1

There still wasn’t enough food anywhere in the land.

2 Samuel 21:1

For three years in a row there wasn’t enough food in the land. That was while David was king. So David asked the Lord why he wasn’t blessing his people. The Lord said, “It is because Saul and his family committed murder. He put the people of Gibeon to death.”

Exodus 33:1

Then the Lord said to Moses, “Leave this place. You and the people you brought up out of Egypt must leave it. Go up to the land I promised to give to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. I said to them, ‘I will give it to your children after you.’

Ruth 1:1

There was a time when Israel didn’t have kings to rule over them. But they had leaders to help them. This is a story about some things that happened during that time. There wasn’t enough food in the land of Judah. So a man went to live for a while in the country of Moab. He was from Bethlehem in Judah. His wife and two sons went with him.