and the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had said. There was famine in every other country, but there was food throughout Egypt.

People came to Egypt from all over the world to buy grain from Joseph, because the famine was severe everywhere.

and when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent his sons, our ancestors, on their first visit there.

I hear that there is grain in Egypt; go there and buy some to keep us from starving to death."

The foremen realized that they were in trouble when they were told that they had to make the same number of bricks every day as they had made before.

When the people heard the thunder and the trumpet blast and saw the lightning and the smoking mountain, they trembled with fear and stood a long way off.

Elijah was afraid and fled for his life; he took his servant and went to Beersheba in Judah. Leaving the servant there,

"When Israel saw how sick she was and when Judah saw her own wounds, then Israel went to Assyria to ask the great emperor for help, but he could not cure them or heal their wounds.

On the contrary, they saw that God had given me the task of preaching the gospel to the Gentiles, just as he had given Peter the task of preaching the gospel to the Jews.

The LORD said to Joshua, "Get up! Why are you lying on the ground like this?

At the end of the seven years she returned to Israel and went to the king to ask that her house and her land be restored to her.

She found the king talking with Gehazi, Elisha's servant; the king wanted to know about Elisha's miracles.

It is your responsibility to act. We are behind you, so go ahead and get it done."

"Why are we sitting still?" God's people ask. "Come on, we will run to the fortified cities and die there. The LORD our God has condemned us to die; he has given us poison to drink, because we have sinned against him.