Now there came a famine over all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.
Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he broke every staff of bread.
And there will I nourish you; for yet there are five years of famine; lest you, and your household, and all that you have, come to poverty.
And the famine was severe in the land.
And the sons of Israel came to buy grain among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
They said moreover unto Pharaoh, For to sojourn in the land are we come; for your servants have no pasture for their flocks; for the famine is severe in the land of Canaan: now therefore, we pray you, let your servants dwell in the land of Goshen.