But there was no food in all the land because the famine was very severe; the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan wasted away because of the famine.

There was a famine in the land, so Abram went down to Egypt to stay for a while because the famine was severe.

People from every country came to Joseph in Egypt to buy grain because the famine was severe throughout the earth.

So Israel’s sons came to buy grain among the other travelers, for the famine was severe in the land of Canaan.

By the ninth day of the fourth month the famine in the city was so severe the residents had no food.

By the ninth day of the fourth month the famine in the city was so severe the residents had no food.

There was a famine in the land, subsequent to the earlier famine that occurred in the days of Abraham. Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines at Gerar.

But seven years of famine will occur after them, and all the abundance will be forgotten in the land of Egypt. The famine will devastate the land.

The previous abundance of the land will not be remembered because of the famine that follows, for the famine will be very severe.

This food should be held in storage for the land in preparation for the seven years of famine that will occur throughout the land of Egypt. In this way the land will survive the famine.”

Two sons were born to Joseph before the famine came. Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, was their mother.

Then the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had predicted. There was famine in all the other lands, but throughout the land of Egypt there was food.

While the famine was over all the earth, Joseph opened the storehouses and sold grain to the Egyptians. The famine was severe throughout the land of Egypt.

For these past two years there has been famine in the land and for five more years there will be neither plowing nor harvesting.

I will bring war, starvation, and disease on them until they are completely destroyed from the land I gave them and their ancestors.’”

Then they said to Pharaoh, “We have come to live as temporary residents in the land. There is no pasture for your servants’ flocks because the famine is severe in the land of Canaan. So now, please let your servants live in the land of Goshen.”

So Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh. Each of the Egyptians sold his field, for the famine was severe. So the land became Pharaoh’s.

It will be like a hungry man dreaming that he is eating, only to awaken and find that his stomach is empty. It will be like a thirsty man dreaming that he is drinking, only to awaken and find that he is still weak and his thirst unquenched. So it will be for the horde from all the nations that fight against Mount Zion.

The people to whom they are prophesying will die through war and famine. Their bodies will be thrown out into the streets of Jerusalem and there will be no one to bury them. This will happen to the men and their wives, their sons, and their daughters. For I will pour out on them the destruction they deserve.”

The Lord who rules over all says, ‘I will bring war, starvation, and disease on them. I will treat them like figs that are so rotten they cannot be eaten.