Verse 5

So Israel’s sons came to buy grain among the other travelers, for the famine was severe in the land of Canaan.

Referenced Verses

• Gen 12:10 : 10 The Promised Blessing Jeopardized There was a famine in the land, so Abram went down to Egypt to stay for a while because the famine was severe.
• Gen 41:57 : 57 People from every country came to Joseph in Egypt to buy grain because the famine was severe throughout the earth.
• Acts 7:11 : 11 Then a famine occurred throughout Egypt and Canaan, causing great suffering, and our ancestors could not find food.
• Gen 26:1 : 1 Isaac and Abimelech There was a famine in the land, subsequent to the earlier famine that occurred in the days of Abraham. Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines at Gerar.
• Acts 11:28 : 28 One of them, named Agabus, got up and predicted by the Spirit that a severe famine was about to come over the whole inhabited world.(This took place during the reign of Claudius.)