Genesis 47:13

New Century Version

The hunger became worse, and since there was no food anywhere in the land, Egypt and Canaan became very poor.

Cross References

Genesis 41:36

That food should be saved to use during the seven years of hunger that will come on the land of Egypt. Then the people in Egypt will not die during the seven years of hunger.”

1 Kings 18:5

Ahab said to Obadiah, “Let’s check every spring and valley in the land. Maybe we can find enough grass to keep our horses and mules alive and not have to kill our animals.”

Jeremiah 9:12

What person is wise enough to understand these things? Is there someone who has been taught by the Lord who can explain them? Why was the land ruined? Why has it been made like an empty desert where no one goes?

Lamentations 4:9

Those who were killed in the war were better off than those killed by hunger. They starve in pain and die, because there is no food from the field.

Acts 7:11

“Then all the land of Egypt and Canaan became so dry that nothing would grow, and the people suffered very much. Jacob’s sons, our ancestors, could not find anything to eat.