There was a famine in the land. Abram went down into Egypt to live as a foreigner there, for the famine was severe in the land.

There was a famine in the land, besides the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines, to Gerar.

There was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very severe, so that the land of Egypt and the land of CANAAN fainted by reason of the famine.

In the days when the judges judged, there was a famine in the land. A certain man of Bethlehem Judah went to live in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.

There was a famine in the days of David for three years, year after year; and David sought the face of The LORD. the LORD said, "It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he put the Gibeonites to death."