Now there came a famine over all Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.
And he called for a famine upon the land; He brake 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 hast.
And the famine was sore in the land.
And the sons of Israel came to buy among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
And they said unto Pharaoh, To sojourn in the land are we come; for there is no pasture for thy servants’ flocks; for the famine is sore in the land of Canaan: now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen.