the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had said. And although there was famine in every country, there was food throughout the land of Egypt.
And there I will provide for you, because there will be five more years of famine. Otherwise, you and your household and
Then famine and great suffering swept across Egypt and Canaan, and our fathers could not find food.
He called down famine on the land and cut off all their supplies of food.
but seven years of famine will follow them. Then all the abundance in the land of Egypt will be forgotten, and the famin
“Look,” he added, “I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy some for us, so that we may live and
Now the famine was still severe in the land.
So the sons of Israel were among those who came to buy grain, since the famine had also spread to the land of Canaan.
After them, seven other cows, sickly and thin, came up from the Nile and stood beside the well-fed cows on the bank of t
After them, seven other heads of grain sprouted, thin and scorched by the east wind.
Moreover, the seven thin, ugly cows that came up after them are seven years, and so are the seven worthless heads of gra
There was no food, however, in all that region, because the famine was so severe; the lands of Egypt and Canaan had been