Now a famine came on all Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction, and our fathers found no sustenance.
And he called for a famine upon the land. He broke the whole staff of bread.
And there will I nourish thee, for there are yet five years of famine, lest thou come to poverty, thou, and thy household, and all that thou have.
And the famine was severe in the land.
And the sons of Israel came to buy among those who came, for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
And they said to Pharaoh, We have come to sojourn in the land, for there is no pasture for thy servants' flocks, for the famine is severe in the land of Canaan. Now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants dwell in the land of Gos