Genesis 42:5

New International Version

So Israel’s sons were among those who went to buy grain, for there was famine in the land of Canaan also.

Cross References

Acts 7:11

“Then a famine struck all Egypt and Canaan, bringing great suffering, and our ancestors could not find food.

Genesis 41:57

And all the world came to Egypt to buy grain from Joseph, because the famine was severe everywhere.

Genesis 12:10

Now there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe.

Genesis 26:1

Now there was a famine in the land—besides the previous famine in Abraham’s time—and Isaac went to Abimelek king of the Philistines in Gerar.

Acts 11:28

One of them, named Agabus, stood up and through the Spirit predicted that a severe famine would spread over the entire Roman world. (This happened during the reign of Claudius.)

2 Samuel 21:1

During the reign of David, there was a famine for three successive years; so David sought the face of the Lord. The Lord said, “It is on account of Saul and his blood-stained house; it is because he put the Gibeonites to death.”

Genesis 41:54

and the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had said. There was famine in all the other lands, but in the whole land of Egypt there was food.