Now the famine was severe in the land.

But Jacob lived in the land where his father had stayed, in the land of Canaan.

Abram traveled through the land as far as the oak tree of Moreh at Shechem. (At that time the Canaanites were 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.

Israel settled in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen, and they owned land there. They were fruitful and increased rapidly in number.

So Abraham stayed in the land of the Philistines for quite some time.

So Joseph settled his father and his brothers. He gave them territory in the land of Egypt, in the best region of the land, the land of Rameses, just as Pharaoh had commanded.

But as for you, be fruitful and multiply; increase abundantly on the earth and multiply on it.”

Get up and walk throughout the land, for I will give it to you.”

The seven years of abundance in the land of Egypt came to an end.

Then they said to Pharaoh, “We have come to live as temporary residents in the land. There is no pasture for your servants’ flocks because the famine is severe in the land of Canaan. So now, please let your servants live in the land of Goshen.”

So Cain went out from the presence of the Lord and lived in the land of Nod, east of Eden.

The Lord regretted that he had made humankind on the earth, and he was highly offended.

Cush was the father of Nimrod; he began to be a valiant warrior on the earth.

The primary regions of his kingdom were Babel, Erech, Akkad, and Calneh in the land of Shinar.

These are the families of the sons of Noah, according to their genealogies, by their nations, and from these the nations spread over the earth after the flood.

When the people moved eastward, they found a plain in Shinar and settled there.

Haran died in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldeans, while his father Terah was still alive.

Abram settled in the land of Canaan, but Lot settled among the cities of the Jordan plain and pitched his tents next to Sodom.

Now Isaac came from Beer Lahai Roi, for he was living in the Negev.