![](/topspacer.gif)
And there was a famine
ra`ab (raw-awb')
hunger (more or less extensive) -- dearth, famine, + famished, hunger.
in the land
'erets (eh'-rets)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land) -- common, country, earth, field, ground, land, natins, way, + wilderness, world.
beside
bad (bad)
separation; by implication, a part of the body, branch of a tree, bar for carrying; figuratively, chief of a city; especially (with prepositional prefix) as an adverb, apart, only, besides -- alone, apart, bar, besides, branch, by self, of each alike, except, only, part, staff, strength.
the first
ri'shown (ree-shone')
first, in place, time or rank (as adjective or noun) -- ancestor, (that were) before(-time), beginning, eldest, first, fore(-father) (-most), former (thing), of old time, past.
famine
ra`ab (raw-awb')
hunger (more or less extensive) -- dearth, famine, + famished, hunger.
that was in the days
yowm (yome)
a day (as the warm hours),
of Abraham
'Abraham (ab-raw-hawm')
father of a multitude; Abraham, the later name of Abram -- Abraham.
And Isaac
Yitschaq (yits-khawk')
laughter (i.e. mochery); Jitschak (or Isaac), son of Abraham -- Isaac.
went
yalak (yaw-lak')
to walk; causatively, to carry (in various senses)
unto Abimelech
'Abiymelek (ab-ee-mel'-ek)
father of (the) king; Abimelek, the name of two Philistine kings and of two Israelites -- Abimelech.
king
melek (meh'-lek)
a king -- king, royal.
of the Philistines
Plishtiy (pel-ish-tee')
a Pelishtite or inhabitant of Pelesheth -- Philistine.
unto Gerar
Grar (gher-awr')
a rolling country; Gerar, a Philistine city -- Gerar.
![](/cr1.gif)