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Genesis 12:10 Cross-References
Explore 19 cross-references for Genesis 12:10 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Genesis chapter 12 verse 10 to related passages throughout the Bible.
Abram in Egypt
“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.”
Genesis 12:10 (KJV)
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Commentary on Genesis 12:10
And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine ... This passage is part of the Abrahamic narratives which shift from universal human history to God's particular covenant people. The Abraham cycle (Genesis 12-25) demonstrates God's sovereign election, covenant faithfulness, and the development of faith through testing and promise fulfillment.Central themes include God's unconditional covenant promises (land, descendants, blessing to nations), the call to faith and obedience, the testing of faith through delays and impossibilities, the contras...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Genesis 12:10
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“And the famine was sore in the land.”
“besides the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines”
“so that the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine.”
“year after year; and David sought the face of Yahweh. Yahweh said”
“they besieged it”
“I am God, the God of your father. Don't be afraid to go down into Egypt, for there I will make of you a great nation.,And he said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation:,וַיֹּאמֶר אָנֹכִי הָאֵל אֱלֹהֵי אָבִיךָ אַל־תִּירָא מֵרְדָה מִצְרַיְמָה כִּי־לְגוֹי גָּדוֹל אֲשִׂימְךָ שָׁם׃ ,And He said: I am God”
“Hear you the word of Yahweh: thus says Yahweh”
“that there was a famine in the land. A certain man of Bethlehem Judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab”
“for the wickedness of those who dwell in it.”
“from one kingdom to another people.”