Now a famine came over all the land of Egypt and Kena`an, and great affliction. Our fathers found no food.
The sons of Yisra'el came to buy among those who came, for the famine was in the land of Kena`an.
The famine was severe in the land.
There I will nourish you; for there are yet five years of famine; lest you come to poverty, you, and your household, and all that you have.*'
They said to Par`oh, *We have come to live as foreigners in the land, for there is no pasture for your servants' flocks. For the famine is severe in the land of Kena`an. Now therefore, please let your servants dwell in the land of Goshen.*
He called for a famine on the land. He destroyed the food supplies.