and the seven years of famine began to come, just as Joseph had said. There was famine in every country, but throughout the land of Egypt there was bread.
Psalm 105:16 - New Revised Standard Version When he summoned famine against the land, and broke every staff of bread, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: He brake the whole staff of bread. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Moreover, He called for a famine upon the land [of Egypt]; He cut off every source of bread. [Gen. 41:54.] American Standard Version (1901) And he called for a famine upon the land; He brake the whole staff of bread. Common English Bible When God called for a famine in the land, destroying every source of food, Catholic Public Domain Version And they provoked Moses in the camp, and Aaron, the holy one of the Lord. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And they provoked Moses in the camp, Aaron the holy one of the Lord. |
and the seven years of famine began to come, just as Joseph had said. There was famine in every country, but throughout the land of Egypt there was bread.
Now there was no food in all the land, for the famine was very severe. The land of Egypt and the land of Canaan languished because of the famine.
Shall we die before your eyes, both we and our land? Buy us and our land in exchange for food. We with our land will become slaves to Pharaoh; just give us seed, so that we may live and not die, and that the land may not become desolate.”
Now Elisha had said to the woman whose son he had restored to life, “Get up and go with your household, and settle wherever you can; for the Lord has called for a famine, and it will come on the land for seven years.”
and wine to gladden the human heart, oil to make the face shine, and bread to strengthen the human heart.
For now the Sovereign, the Lord of hosts, is taking away from Jerusalem and from Judah support and staff— all support of bread, and all support of water—
Then he said to me, Mortal, I am going to break the staff of bread in Jerusalem; they shall eat bread by weight and with fearfulness; and they shall drink water by measure and in dismay.
When I break your staff of bread, ten women shall bake your bread in a single oven, and they shall dole out your bread by weight; and though you eat, you shall not be satisfied.
Is a trumpet blown in a city, and the people are not afraid? Does disaster befall a city, unless the Lord has done it?
I struck you and all the products of your toil with blight and mildew and hail; yet you did not return to me, says the Lord.
Now there came a famine throughout Egypt and Canaan, and great suffering, and our ancestors could find no food.
I looked and there was a pale green horse! Its rider's name was Death, and Hades followed with him; they were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword, famine, and pestilence, and by the wild animals of the earth.