Genesis 47:13

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For in the whole world there was a lack of bread, and a famine had oppressed the land, most of all Egypt and Canaan,

Cross References

Genesis 41:36

And let it be prepared for the future famine of seven years, which will oppress Egypt, and then the land will not be consumed by destitution."

1 Kings 18:5

Then Ahab said to Obadiah, "Go into the land, to all fountains of water, and to all the valleys, for perhaps we will be able to find plants, and save the horses and mules, so that the beasts of burden may not perish entirely."

Jeremiah 9:12

Who is the wise man who understands this, and to whom a word from the mouth of the Lord may be given, so that he may announce this: why the land has perished, and has been scorched like a desert, so much so that no one passes through it?"

Lamentations 4:9

TETH. It was better for those slain by the sword, than for those put to death by famine. For these waste away, being consumed by the sterility of the land.

Acts 7:11

Then a famine occurred in all of Egypt and Canaan, and a great tribulation. And our fathers did not find food.