Genesis 47:13

God's Word

The famine was so severe that there was no food anywhere. Neither Egypt nor Canaan were producing crops because of the famine.

Cross References

Genesis 41:36

This food will be a reserve supply for our country during the seven years of famine that will happen in Egypt. Then the land will not be ruined by the famine.”

1 Kings 18:5

Ahab told Obadiah, “Let’s go throughout the countryside to every spring and stream. If we can find grass, then we can keep the horses and mules alive and not lose any animals.”

Jeremiah 9:12

No one is wise enough to understand this. To whom has the Lord revealed this so that they can explain it? The land dies; it has been ruined like the desert so that no one can travel through it.

Lamentations 4:9

Those who were killed with swords are better off than those who are dying from starvation. Those who were stabbed bled to death. The others are dying because there is nothing in the fields to eat.

Acts 7:11

Then a famine throughout Egypt and Canaan brought a lot of suffering. Our ancestors couldn’t find any food.