Genesis 12:10
And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was sore in the land.
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- Genesis 43:1 And the famine was sore in the land.
- Genesis 26:1–3 And there was a famine in the land, besides the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines, unto Gerar. And Jehovah appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of: sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these lands, and I will establish the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father;
- Genesis 42:5 And the sons of Israel came to buy among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.