Genesis 12:10

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Abram in Egypt

¹⁰There was a famine in the land,^(A) so Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine in the land was severe.

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Genesis 26:1

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The Promise Reaffirmed to Isaac

26 There was another famine in the land in addition to the one that had occurred in Abraham’s time.^(A) And Isaac went to Abimelech, king of the Philistines, at Gerar.^(B)

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Genesis 43:1

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Decision to Return to Egypt

43 Now the famine in the land was severe.^(A)

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2 Kings 8:1

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The Shunammite’s Land Restored

8 Elisha said to the woman whose son he had restored to life,^(A) “Get ready, you and your household, and go and live as a foreigner wherever you can. For the Lord has announced a seven-year famine,^(B) and it has already come to the land.”

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