Now the famine was severe in the land.

A stone is heavy and sand is weighty, but vexation by a fool is more burdensome than the two of them.

(Now Abram was very wealthy in livestock, silver, and gold.)

Honor the Lord from your wealth and from the first fruits of all your crops;

It is the glory of God to conceal a matter, and it is the glory of a king to search out a matter.

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

Chariots and horsemen also went up with him, so it was a very large entourage.

The Lord said to Moses, “Pharaoh’s heart is hard; he refuses to release the people.

A mixed multitude also went up with them, and flocks and herds – a very large number of cattle.

I am not able to bear this entire people alone, because it is too heavy for me!

But he said, “You may not pass through.” Then Edom came out against them with a large and powerful force.

So now, go back where you came from! I said that I would greatly honor you; but now the Lord has stood in the way of your honor.”

So he sent horses and chariots there, along with a good-sized army. They arrived during the night and surrounded the city.

For my sins overwhelm me; like a heavy load, they are too much for me to bear.

Her conquerors cry out: “Plunder the silver! Plunder the gold!” There is no end to the treasure; riches of every kind of precious thing.

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

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.

The Lord did so; a thick swarm of flies came into Pharaoh’s house and into the houses of his servants, and throughout the whole land of Egypt the land was ruined because of the swarms of flies.

then the hand of the Lord will surely bring a very terrible plague on your livestock in the field, on the horses, the donkeys, the camels, the herds, and the flocks.

I am going to cause very severe hail to rain down about this time tomorrow, such hail as has never occurred in Egypt from the day it was founded until now.