and the seven years of famine began to come, as Joseph had said. There was famine in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.
Psalm 105:16 - Revised Standard Version When he summoned a famine on 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, as Joseph had said. There was famine in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.
Now there was no food in all the land; for the famine was very severe, so that the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan languished by reason of the famine.
Why should we die before your eyes, both we and our land? Buy us and our land for food, and we with our land will be slaves to Pharaoh; and give us seed, that we may live, and not die, and that the land may not be desolate.”
Now Elisha had said to the woman whose son he had restored to life, “Arise, and depart with your household, and sojourn wherever you can; for the Lord has called for a famine, and it will come upon the land for seven years.”
and wine to gladden the heart of man, oil to make his face shine, and bread to strengthen man's heart.
For, behold, the Lord, the Lord of hosts, is taking away from Jerusalem and from Judah stay and staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water;
Moreover he said to me, “Son of man, behold, I will 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 one oven, and shall deliver your bread again by weight; and you shall eat, and not be satisfied.
Is a trumpet blown in a city, and the people are not afraid? Does evil befall a city, unless the Lord has done it?
I smote 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 all Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction, and our fathers could find no food.
And I saw, and behold, a pale horse, and its rider's name was Death, and Hades followed him; and they were given power over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword and with famine and with pestilence and by wild beasts of the earth.