At that time a severe famine struck the land of Canaan, forcing Abram to go down to Egypt, where he lived as a foreigner.

那地遭遇饥荒。因饥荒甚大，亚伯兰就下埃及去，要在那里暂居。

那地遭遇饥荒。亚伯兰因那地的饥荒严重，就下到埃及，要在那里寄居。

那地遭遇饥荒。亚伯兰因那地的饥荒严重，就下到埃及，要在那里寄居。

当时，那地方闹饥荒，灾情非常严重，亚伯兰便下到埃及暂住。

当时，那地发生饥荒，亚伯兰就下到埃及去，要在那里寄居；因为那地的饥荒十分严重。

当时那地有饥荒。因为那地的饥荒严重，亚伯兰就下埃及去，要在那里寄居。

那地遭遇饑荒。因饑荒甚大，亞伯蘭就下埃及去，要在那裏暫居。

那地遭遇饑荒。亞伯蘭因那地的饑荒嚴重，就下到埃及，要在那裏寄居。

那地遭遇饑荒。亞伯蘭因那地的饑荒嚴重，就下到埃及，要在那裏寄居。

當時，那地方鬧饑荒，災情非常嚴重，亞伯蘭便下到埃及暫住。

當時，那地發生饑荒，亞伯蘭就下到埃及去，要在那裡寄居；因為那地的饑荒十分嚴重。

當時在那地鬧了饑荒，因為饑荒在那地很嚴重，亞伯蘭就下埃及去，要寄居在那裏。

當時那地有饑荒。因為那地的饑荒嚴重，亞伯蘭就下埃及去，要在那裡寄居。

其地適饑且甚、亞伯蘭乃旅於埃及、

適歲大饑、故亞伯蘭往、旅於埃及、

是地適饑、因饑甚、故亞伯蘭往旅伊及、

Now there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe.

At that time there was not enough food in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while.

Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there, for the famine was severe in the land.

There was a famine in the land, so Abram went down to Egypt to stay there for a while because the famine in the land was severe.

Now there was a famine in the land; so Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a time, because the famine was severe in the land.

Now there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down to Egypt to dwell there, for the famine was severe in the land.

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.

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

And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine[ was] grievous in the land.

There was a famine in the land, so Abram went down to Egypt to stay for a while because the famine was severe.

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.

But the famine continued to ravage the land of Canaan.

where they strengthened the believers. They encouraged them to continue in the faith, reminding them that we must suffer many hardships to enter the Kingdom of God.

A severe famine now struck the land, as had happened before in Abraham’s time. So Isaac moved to Gerar, where Abimelech, king of the Philistines, lived.The Lord appeared to Isaac and said,“ Do not go down to Egypt, but do as I tell you.Live here as a foreigner in this land, and I will be with you and bless you. I hereby confirm that I will give all these lands to you and your descendants, just as I solemnly promised Abraham, your father.

Elisha replied,“ Listen to this message from the Lord! This is what the Lord says: By this time tomorrow in the markets of Samaria, six quarts of choice flour will cost only one piece of silver, and twelve quarts of barley grain will cost only one piece of silver.”The officer assisting the king said to the man of God,“ That couldn’t happen even if the Lord opened the windows of heaven!” But Elisha replied,“ You will see it happen with your own eyes, but you won’t be able to eat any of it!”Now there were four men with leprosy sitting at the entrance of the city gates.“ Why should we sit here waiting to die?” they asked each other.“ We will starve if we stay here, but with the famine in the city, we will starve if we go back there. So we might as well go out and surrender to the Aramean army. If they let us live, so much the better. But if they kill us, we would have died anyway.”So at twilight they set out for the camp of the Arameans. But when they came to the edge of the camp, no one was there!For the Lord had caused the Aramean army to hear the clatter of speeding chariots and the galloping of horses and the sounds of a great army approaching.“ The king of Israel has hired the Hittites and Egyptians to attack us!” they cried to one another.So they panicked and ran into the night, abandoning their tents, horses, donkeys, and everything else, as they fled for their lives.When the men with leprosy arrived at the edge of the camp, they went into one tent after another, eating and drinking wine; and they carried off silver and gold and clothing and hid it.

Meanwhile, the famine became so severe that all the food was used up, and people were starving throughout the lands of Egypt and Canaan.

They wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another.

I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world.”

There was a famine during David’s reign that lasted for three years, so David asked the Lord about it. And the Lord said,“ The famine has come because Saul and his family are guilty of murdering the Gibeonites.”

In the days when the judges ruled in Israel, a severe famine came upon the land. So a man from Bethlehem in Judah left his home and went to live in the country of Moab, taking his wife and two sons with him.

Now Elijah, who was from Tishbe in Gilead, told King Ahab,“ As surely as the Lord, the God of Israel, lives— the God I serve— there will be no dew or rain during the next few years until I give the word!”Then the Lord said to Elijah,“ Go to the east and hide by Kerith Brook, near where it enters the Jordan River.Drink from the brook and eat what the ravens bring you, for I have commanded them to bring you food.”So Elijah did as the Lord told him and camped beside Kerith Brook, east of the Jordan.The ravens brought him bread and meat each morning and evening, and he drank from the brook.But after a while the brook dried up, for there was no rainfall anywhere in the land.Then the Lord said to Elijah,“ Go and live in the village of Zarephath, near the city of Sidon. I have instructed a widow there to feed you.”So he went to Zarephath. As he arrived at the gates of the village, he saw a widow gathering sticks, and he asked her,“ Would you please bring me a little water in a cup?”As she was going to get it, he called to her,“ Bring me a bite of bread, too.”But she said,“ I swear by the Lord your God that I don’t have a single piece of bread in the house. And I have only a handful of flour left in the jar and a little cooking oil in the bottom of the jug. I was just gathering a few sticks to cook this last meal, and then my son and I will die.”But Elijah said to her,“ Don’t be afraid! Go ahead and do just what you’ve said, but make a little bread for me first. Then use what’s left to prepare a meal for yourself and your son.For this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: There will always be flour and olive oil left in your containers until the time when the Lord sends rain and the crops grow again!”So she did as Elijah said, and she and Elijah and her family continued to eat for many days.There was always enough flour and olive oil left in the containers, just as the Lord had promised through Elijah.Some time later the woman’s son became sick. He grew worse and worse, and finally he died.Then she said to Elijah,“ O man of God, what have you done to me? Have you come here to point out my sins and kill my son?”

This message came to Jeremiah from the Lord, explaining why he was holding back the rain:

He turns the fruitful land into salty wastelands, because of the wickedness of those who live there.

“ But a famine came upon Egypt and Canaan. There was great misery, and our ancestors ran out of food.

Elisha now returned to Gilgal, and there was a famine in the land. One day as the group of prophets was seated before him, he said to his servant,“ Put a large pot on the fire, and make some stew for the rest of the group.”

So Jacob’s sons arrived in Egypt along with others to buy food, for the famine was in Canaan as well.

As a result, there was a great famine in the city. The siege lasted so long that a donkey’s head sold for eighty pieces of silver, and a cup of dove’s dung sold for five pieces of silver.

The righteous person faces many troubles, but the Lord comes to the rescue each time.

Elisha had told the woman whose son he had brought back to life,“ Take your family and move to some other place, for the Lord has called for a famine on Israel that will last for seven years.”So the woman did as the man of God instructed. She took her family and settled in the land of the Philistines for seven years.

“ I am God, the God of your father,” the voice said.“ Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for there I will make your family into a great nation.I will go with you down to Egypt, and I will bring you back again. You will die in Egypt, but Joseph will be with you to close your eyes.”