And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very severe, so that the land of Egypt and all the land of Canaan fainted because of the famine.
And that food shall be for store to the land against the seven years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; that the land perish not through the famine.
And Ahab said to Obadiah, Go into the land, to all springs of water, and to all brooks: perhaps we may find grass to save the horses and mules alive, so that we do not lose all the beasts.
Who is the wise man, who may understand this? and who is he to whom the mouth of the LORD has spoken, that he may declare it, for what cause the land perishes and is burned up like a wilderness, that none passes through?
Those who are slain with the sword are better than those who are slain with hunger: for these pine away, stricken through for want of the fruits of the field.