Genesis 42:5

New Living Translation

So Jacob’s sons arrived in Egypt along with others to buy food, for the famine was in Canaan as well.

Cross References

Genesis 12:10

At that time a severe famine struck the land of Canaan, forcing Abram to go down to Egypt, where he lived as a foreigner.

Genesis 26:1

A severe famine now struck the land, as had happened before in Abraham’s time. So Isaac moved to Gerar, where Abimelech, king of the Philistines, lived.

Genesis 41:54

Then the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had predicted. The famine also struck all the surrounding countries, but throughout Egypt there was plenty of food.

Genesis 41:57

And people from all around came to Egypt to buy grain from Joseph because the famine was severe throughout the world.

2 Samuel 21:1

There was a famine during David’s reign that lasted for three years, so David asked the Lord about it. And the Lord said, “The famine has come because Saul and his family are guilty of murdering the Gibeonites.”

Acts 11:28

One of them named Agabus stood up in one of the meetings and predicted by the Spirit that a great famine was coming upon the entire Roman world. (This was fulfilled during the reign of Claudius.)

Acts 7:11

“But a famine came upon Egypt and Canaan. There was great misery, and our ancestors ran out of food.