Quotes about Famine
Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe.
- Genesis 12:10
One day, while Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau came in from the field and was famished.
- Genesis 25:29
Now there was another famine in the land, subsequent to the one that had occurred in Abraham’s time. And Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines at Gerar.
- Genesis 26:1
After two full years had passed, Pharaoh had a dream: He was standing beside the Nile,
- Genesis 41:1
And the cows that were sickly and thin devoured the seven sleek, well-fed cows. Then Pharaoh woke up,
- Genesis 41:4
After them, seven other heads of grain sprouted, thin and scorched by the east wind.
- Genesis 41:6
And the thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven plump, ripe ones. Then Pharaoh awoke and realized it was a dream.
- Genesis 41:7
After them, seven other heads of grain sprouted—withered, thin, and scorched by the east wind.
- Genesis 41:23
Moreover, the seven thin, ugly cows that came up after them are seven years, and so are the seven worthless heads of grain scorched by the east wind—they are seven years of famine.
- Genesis 41:27
Behold, seven years of great abundance are coming throughout the land of Egypt,
- Genesis 41:29
but seven years of famine will follow them. Then all the abundance in the land of Egypt will be forgotten, and the famine will devastate the land.
- Genesis 41:30
The abundance in the land will not be remembered, since the famine that follows it will be so severe.
- Genesis 41:31