Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.
And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
And the famine was sore in the land.
and there will I nourish thee; for yet there are five years of famine; lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty.
They said moreover unto Pharaoh, For to sojourn in the land are we come; for thy servants have no pasture for their 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.
Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread.