Genesis 26:1; Genesis 47:4; Ruth 1:1; 2 Kings 8:1

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Genesis 26:1

God’s Promise to Isaac

1 Now there was a famine in the land, besides bthe former famine that was in the days of Abraham. cAnd Isaac went to Gerar to Abimelech king of the Philistines.


Genesis 47:4

4 They said to Pharaoh, l“We have come to sojourn in the land, for there is no pasture for your servants’ flocks, for the famine is severe in the land of Canaan. And now, please let your servants dwell in the land of Goshen.”


Ruth 1:1

Naomi Widowed

1 aIn the days when the judges ruled there was a famine in the land, and a man of bBethlehem in Judah cwent to sojourn in the country of Moab, he and his wife and his two sons.


2 Kings 8:1

The Shunammite’s Land Restored

1 Now Elisha had said to tthe woman whose son he had restored to life, “Arise, and udepart with your household, and sojourn wherever you can, for the Lord has vcalled for a famine, and it will come upon the land for seven years.”