Genesis 47:13

New American Bible - revised edition

Since there was no food in all the land because of the extreme severity of the famine, and the lands of Egypt and Canaan were languishing from hunger,

Cross References

Genesis 41:36

This food will serve as a reserve for the country against the seven years of famine that will occur in the land of Egypt, so that the land may not perish in the famine.”

1 Kings 18:5

Ahab said to Obadiah, “Go through the land to all sources of water and to all the wadies. We may find grass and keep the horses and mules alive, so that we shall not have to slaughter any of the beasts.”

Jeremiah 9:12

The Lord said: Because they have abandoned my law, which I set before them, and did not listen to me or follow it,

Lamentations 4:9

Better for those pierced by the sword than for those pierced by hunger, Better for those who bleed from wounds than for those who lack food.

Acts 7:11

Then a famine and great affliction struck all Egypt and Canaan, and our ancestors could find no food;