Genesis 41:30-31
30but after them there will arise aseven years of famine, and all the plenty will be forgotten in the land of Egypt. bThe famine will consume the land, 31and the plenty will be unknown in the land by reason of the famine that will follow, for it will be very severe.Genesis 41:38
38And Pharaoh said to his servants, “Can we find a man like this, cin whom is the Spirit of God?” ▼▼Or of the gods
1 Kings 17:1-16
Elijah Predicts a Drought
1Now Elijah the Tishbite, of eTishbe ▼▼Septuagint; Hebrew of the settlers
in Gilead, said to Ahab, g“As the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, hbefore whom I stand, ithere shall be neither dew nor rain these years, except by my word.” 2And the word of the Lord came to him: 3“Depart from here and turn eastward and hide yourself by the brook Cherith, which is east of the Jordan. 4You shall drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.” 5So he went and did according to the word of the Lord. He went and lived by the brook Cherith that is east of the Jordan. 6And the ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning, and bread and meat in the evening, and he drank from the brook. 7And after a while the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land. The Widow of Zarephath
8Then the word of the Lord came to him, 9“Arise, go to jZarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and dwell there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to feed you.” 10So he arose and went to kZarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, a widow was there lgathering sticks. And he called to her and said, “Bring me a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.” 11And as she was going to bring it, he called to her and said, “Bring me a morsel of bread in your hand.” 12And she said, m“As the Lord your God lives, I have nothing baked, only a handful of flour in a jar and a little oil in a jug. And now I am gathering a couple of sticks that I may go in and prepare it for myself and my son, that we may eat it and die.” 13And Elijah said to her, “Do not fear; go and do as you have said. But first make me a little cake of it and bring it to me, and afterward make something for yourself and your son. 14For thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, ‘The jar of flour shall not be spent, and the jug of oil shall not be empty, until the day that the Lord sends rain upon the earth.’” 15And she went and did as Elijah said. And she and he and her household ate for many days. 16The jar of flour was not spent, neither did the jug of oil become empty, according to the word of the Lord that he spoke by Elijah.2 Kings 8:1-2
The Shunammite’s Land Restored
1Now Elisha had said to the woman nwhose son he had restored to life, “Arise, and depart with your household, and sojourn wherever you can, for the Lord ohas called for a famine, and it will come upon the land for pseven years.” 2So the woman arose and did according to the word of the man of God. She went with her household and sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years.
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