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'Famine in the Land' in the Bible

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, subsequent to the earlier famine that occurred in the days of Abraham. Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines at Gerar.

For these past two years there has been famine in the land and for five more years there will be neither plowing nor harvesting.

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