Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.
Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: He brake the whole staff of bread.
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.
And the famine was sore in the land.
And the sons of Israel came to buy corn 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 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.