Genesis 12:10

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And because there was little food to be had in that land, he went down into Egypt.

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  • Gen 43:1 : 1 And when the grain which they had got in Egypt was all used up, their father said to them, Go again and get us a little food.
  • Gen 46:3-4 : 3 And he said, I am God, the God of your father: go down to Egypt without fear, for I will make a great nation of you there: 4 I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will see that you come back again, and at your death Joseph will put his hands on your eyes.
  • Gen 47:13 : 13 Now there was no food to be had in all the land, so that all Egypt and Canaan were wasted from need of food.
  • Ruth 1:1 : 1 Now there came a time, in the days of the judges, when there was no food in the land. And a certain man went from Beth-lehem-judah, he and his wife and his two sons, to make a living-place in the country of Moab.
  • 2 Sam 21:1 : 1 In the days of David they were short of food for three years, year after year; and David went before the Lord for directions. And the Lord said, On Saul and on his family there is blood, because he put the Gibeonites to death.
  • 1 Kgs 17:1-9 : 1 And Elijah the Tishbite, of Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, By the living Lord, the God of Israel, whose servant I am, there will be no dew or rain in these years, but only at my word. 2 Then the word of the Lord came to him, saying, 3 Go from here in the direction of the east, and keep yourself in a secret place by the stream Cherith, east of Jordan. 4 The water of the stream will be your drink, and by my orders the ravens will give you food there. 5 So he went and did as the Lord said, living by the stream Cherith, east of Jordan. 6 And the ravens took him bread in the morning and meat in the evening; and the water of the stream was his drink. 7 Now after a time the stream became dry, because there was no rain in the land. 8 Then the word of the Lord came to him, saying, 9 Up! go now to Zarephath, in Zidon, and make your living-place there; I have given orders to a widow woman there to see that you have food. 10 So he got up and went to Zarephath; and when he came to the door of the town, he saw a widow woman getting sticks together; and crying out to her he said, Will you give me a little water in a vessel for my drink? 11 And when she was going to get it, he said to her, And get me with it a small bit of bread. 12 Then she said, By the life of the Lord your God, I have nothing but a little meal in my store, and a drop of oil in the bottle; and now I am getting two sticks together so that I may go in and make it ready for me and my son, so that we may have a meal before our death. 13 And Elijah said to her, Have no fear; go and do as you have said, but first make me a little cake of it and come and give it to me, and then make something for yourself and your son. 14 For this is the word of the Lord, the God of Israel: The store of meal will not come to an end, and the bottle will never be without oil, till the day when the Lord sends rain on the earth. 15 So she went and did as Elijah said; and she and he and her family had food for a long time. 16 The store of meal did not come to an end, and the bottle was never without oil, as the Lord had said by the mouth of Elijah. 17 Now after this, the son of the woman of the house became ill, so ill that there was no breath in him. 18 And she said to Elijah, What have I to do with you, O man of God? have you come to put God in mind of my sin, and to put my son to death?
  • 2 Kgs 4:38 : 38 And Elisha went back to Gilgal, now there was very little food in the land; and the sons of the prophets were seated before him. And he said to his servant, Put the great pot on the fire, and make soup for the sons of the prophets.
  • 2 Kgs 6:25 : 25 And they became very short of food in Samaria; for they kept it shut in till the price of an ass's head was eighty shekels of silver, and a small measure of doves' droppings was five shekels of silver.
  • 2 Kgs 7:1-8 : 1 Then Elisha said, Give ear to the word of the Lord: the Lord says, Tomorrow, about this time, a measure of good meal will be offered for the price of a shekel and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the market-place of Samaria. 2 Then the captain whose arm was supporting the king said to the man of God, Even if the Lord made windows in heaven, would such a thing be possible? And he said, Your eyes will see it, but you will not have a taste of the food. 3 Now there were four lepers seated at the doorway into the town: and they said to one another, Why are we waiting here for death? 4 If we say, We will go into the town, there is no food in the town, and we will come to our end there; and if we go on waiting here, death will come to us. Come then, let us give ourselves up to the army of Aram: if they let us go on living, then life will be ours; and if they put us to death, then death will be ours. 5 So in the half light they got up to go to the tents of Aram; but when they came to the outer line of tents, there was no one there. 6 For the Lord had made the sound of carriages and horses, and the noise of a great army, come to the ears of the Aramaeans, so that they said to one another, Truly, the king of Israel has got the kings of the Hittites and of the Egyptians for a price to make an attack on us. 7 So they got up and went in flight, in the half light, without their tents or their horses or their asses or any of their goods; they went in flight, fearing for their lives. 8 And when those lepers came to the outer line of tents, they went into one tent, and had food and drink, and took from it silver and gold and clothing, which they put in a secret place; then they came back and went into another tent from which they took more goods, which they put away in a secret place.
  • 2 Kgs 8:1-2 : 1 Now Elisha had said to the woman whose son he had given back to life, Go now, with all the people of your house, and get a living-place for yourselves wherever you are able; for by the word of the Lord, there will be great need of food in the land; and this will go on for seven years. 2 So the woman got up and did as the man of God said; and she and the people of her house were living in the land of the Philistines for seven years.
  • Ps 34:19 : 19 Great are the troubles of the upright: but the Lord takes him safely out of them all.
  • Ps 105:13 : 13 When they went about from one nation to another, and from one kingdom to another people.
  • Ps 107:34 : 34 He makes a fertile country into a salt waste, because of the sins of those who are living there.
  • Jer 14:1 : 1 The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah when there was no water.
  • John 16:33 : 33 I have said all these things to you so that in me you may have peace. In the world you have trouble: but take heart! I have overcome the world.
  • Acts 7:11 : 11 Now there was no food to be had in all Egypt and Canaan, and there was great trouble: and our fathers were not able to get food.
  • Acts 14:22 : 22 Making strong the souls of the disciples, saying to them that they were to keep the faith, and that we have to go through troubles of all sorts to come into the kingdom of God.
  • Gen 26:1-3 : 1 Then came a time of great need in the land, like that which had been before in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Abimelech, king of the Philistines, at Gerar. 2 And the Lord came to him in a vision and said, Do not go down to Egypt; keep in the land of which I will give you knowledge: 3 Keep in this land, and I will be with you and give you my blessing; for to you and to your seed will I give all these lands, giving effect to the oath which I made to your father Abraham;
  • Gen 42:5 : 5 And the sons of Israel came with all the others to get grain: for they were very short of food in the land of Canaan.

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  • Gen 12:11-14
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    11Now when he came near to Egypt, he said to Sarai, his wife, Truly, you are a fair woman and beautiful to the eye;

    12And I am certain that when the men of Egypt see you, they will say, This is his wife: and they will put me to death and keep you.

    13Say, then, that you are my sister, and so it will be well with me because of you, and my life will be kept safe on your account.

    14And so it was that when Abram came into Egypt, the men of Egypt, looking on the woman, saw that she was fair.

  • Gen 43:1-2
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    1And when the grain which they had got in Egypt was all used up, their father said to them, Go again and get us a little food.

    2And Judah said to him, The man said to us with an oath, You are not to come before me again without your brother.

  • Gen 12:9
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    9And he went on, journeying still to the South.

  • Gen 26:1-2
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    1Then came a time of great need in the land, like that which had been before in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Abimelech, king of the Philistines, at Gerar.

    2And the Lord came to him in a vision and said, Do not go down to Egypt; keep in the land of which I will give you knowledge:

  • Acts 7:11-12
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    11Now there was no food to be had in all Egypt and Canaan, and there was great trouble: and our fathers were not able to get food.

    12But Jacob, hearing that there was grain in Egypt, sent out our fathers the first time.

  • Gen 47:13
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    13Now there was no food to be had in all the land, so that all Egypt and Canaan were wasted from need of food.

  • Gen 12:17-20
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    17And the Lord sent great troubles on Pharaoh's house because of Sarai, Abram's wife.

    18Then Pharaoh sent for Abram, and said, What have you done to me? why did you not say that she was your wife?

    19Why did you say that she was your sister? so that I took her for my wife: now, take your wife and go on your way.

    20And Pharaoh gave orders to his men, and they sent him on his way, with his wife and all he had.

  • Gen 12:5-6
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    5And Abram took Sarai, his wife, and Lot, his brother's son, and all their goods and the servants which they had got in Haran, and they went out to go to the land of Canaan.

    6And Abram went through the land till he came to Shechem, to the holy tree of Moreh. At that time, the Canaanites were still living in the land.

  • Gen 41:54-57
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    54Then came the first of the seven years of need as Joseph had said: and in every other land they were short of food; but in the land of Egypt there was bread.

    55And when all the land of Egypt was in need of food, the people came crying to Pharaoh for bread; and Pharaoh said to the people, Go to Joseph, and whatever he says to you, do it.

    56And everywhere on the earth they were short of food; then Joseph, opening all his store-houses, gave the people of Egypt grain for money; so great was the need of food in the land of Egypt.

    57And all lands sent to Egypt, to Joseph, to get grain, for the need was great over all the earth.

  • Gen 13:1-2
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    1And Abram went up out of Egypt with his wife and all he had, and Lot with him, and they came in to the South.

    2Now Abram had great wealth of cattle and silver and gold.

  • Gen 42:5
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    5And the sons of Israel came with all the others to get grain: for they were very short of food in the land of Canaan.

  • Gen 20:1
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    1And Abraham went on his way from there to the land of the South, and was living between Kadesh and Shur, in Gerar.

  • Gen 42:2-3
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    2And he said, I have had news that there is grain in Egypt: go down there and get grain for us, so that life and not death may be ours.

    3So Joseph's ten brothers went down to get grain from Egypt.

  • Gen 15:12-13
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    12Now when the sun was going down, a deep sleep came on Abram, and a dark cloud of fear.

    13And he said to Abram, Truly, your seed will be living in a land which is not theirs, as servants to a people who will be cruel to them for four hundred years;

  • Gen 12:1
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    1Now the Lord said to Abram, Go out from your country and from your family and from your father's house, into the land to which I will be your guide:

  • Gen 41:30-31
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    30And after that will come seven years when there will not be enough food; and the memory of the good years will go from men's minds; and the land will be made waste by the bad years;

    31And men will have no memory of the good time because of the need which will come after, for it will be very bitter.

  • Gen 21:34
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    34And Abraham went on living in the land of the Philistines as in a strange country.

  • Gen 13:5-6
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    5And Lot, who went with him, had flocks and herds and tents;

    6So that the land was not wide enough for the two of them: their property was so great that there was not room for them together.

  • Gen 16:2
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    2And Sarai said to Abram, See, the Lord has not let me have children; go in to my servant, for I may get a family through her. And Abram did as Sarai said.

  • Gen 41:36
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    36And let that food be kept in store for the land till the seven bad years which are to come in Egypt; so that the land may not come to destruction through need of food.

  • Gen 47:4
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    4And they said to Pharaoh, We have come to make a living in this land, because we have no grass for our flocks in the land of Canaan; so now let your servants make a place for themselves in the land of Goshen.