Holy Scripture
Genesis 26:1
A church father on this verse
“In case you might think he was talking about that previous famine, accordingly he added, "besides the famine in the patriarch's time," that is to say, another similar famine beset the land in Isaac's time as in his father's time. The scarcity of the necessities of life threw everyone into great apprehension, compelled…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
1And there was a famine in the land, besides the former famine, which was in the time of Abraham; and Isaac went to Abimelech the king of the Philistines to Gerar.
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In context
— Genesis 26:1 —
2And the Lord appeared to him and said, Go not down to Egypt, but dwell in the land, which I shall tell thee of.
3And sojourn in this land; and I will be with thee, and bless thee, for I will give to thee and to thy seed all this land; and I will establish my oath which I swore to thy father Abraham.