5 Bible Verses about Famine, Examples Of

Then a famine spread all over Egypt and Canaan, and there was great suffering, and our forefathers could not find any food.

But, I tell you, there were plenty of widows in Israel in Elijah's time, when the sky was closed for three years and a half, and there was a great famine all over the land,

and one of them named Agabus got up and under the influence of the Spirit revealed the fact that there was going to be a great famine all over the world. This was the famine that occurred in the reign of Claudius.

For nation will rise in arms against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes here and there.

Then a famine spread all over Egypt and Canaan, and there was great suffering, and our forefathers could not find any food. But Jacob heard that there was food in Egypt, and he sent our forefathers on their first visit there. On their second visit, Joseph made himself known to his brothers, and Pharaoh learned of Joseph's parentage.