Bible Cross References
And the famine was sore in the land.
Genesis 18:13
Then the LORD asked Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh and say, 'Can I really have a child when I am so old?'
Genesis 41:54-57
54
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.
55
When the Egyptians began to be hungry, they cried out to the king for food. So he ordered them to go to Joseph and do what he told them.
56
The famine grew worse and spread over the whole country, so Joseph opened all the storehouses and sold grain to the Egyptians.
57
People came to Egypt from all over the world to buy grain from Joseph, because the famine was severe everywhere.
Genesis 42:5
The sons of Jacob came with others to buy grain, because there was famine in the land of Canaan.
Ecclesiastes 9:1
I thought long and hard about all this and saw that God controls the actions of wise and righteous people, even their love and their hate. No one knows anything about what lies ahead.
Ecclesiastes 9:2
It makes no difference. The same fate comes to the righteous and the wicked, to the good and the bad, to those who are religious and those who are not, to those who offer sacrifices and those who do not. A good person is no better off than a sinner; one who takes an oath is no better off than one who does not.
Lamentations 5:10
Hunger has made us burn with fever until our skin is as hot as an oven.
Acts 7:11-13
11
Then there was a famine all over Egypt and Canaan, which caused much suffering. Our ancestors could not find any food,
12
and when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent his sons, our ancestors, on their first visit there.
13
On the second visit Joseph made himself known to his brothers, and the king of Egypt came to know about Joseph's family.