Now there came a famine over all Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.
And the sons of Israel came to buy among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
And the famine was sore in the land.
and there will I nourish thee; for there are yet five years of famine; lest thou come to poverty, thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast.
And they said unto Pharaoh, To sojourn in the land are we come; for there is no pasture for thy servants' flocks; for the famine is sore in the land of Canaan: now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen.
And he called for a famine upon the land; He brake the whole staff of bread.