Genesis 47:13

Joseph and the Famine

13Now there was no food in all the land, for the famine was very severe, so that the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan languished by reason of the famine.

Genesis 47:19

19Why should we die before your eyes, both we and our land? aBuy us and our land for food, and we with our land will be servants to Pharaoh. And give us seed that we may live and not die, and that the land may not be desolate.”

Leviticus 26:26

26 bWhen I break your supply
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of bread, ten women shall bake your bread in a single oven and shall dole out your bread again by weight, and dyou shall eat and not be satisfied.

Psalms 104:15

15and ewine to gladden the heart of man,
foil to make his face shine
and bread to gstrengthen man’s heart.

Isaiah 3:1

Judgment on Judah and Jerusalem

1 For behold, the hLord God of hosts
is taking away from Jerusalem and from Judah
support and supply,
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all jsupport of bread,
and all support of water;

Ezekiel 4:16

16Moreover, he said to me, kSon of man, behold, lI will break the supply
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of bread in Jerusalem. They shall eat bread nby weight and with anxiety, and they shall drink water oby measure and in dismay.

Acts 7:11

11Now pthere came a famine throughout all Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction, and our fathers could find no food.
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