Genesis 41:27
New International Version
27 The seven lean, ugly cows that came up afterward are seven years, and so are the seven worthless heads of grain scorched by the east wind: They are seven years of famine.(A)
Genesis 41:27
King James Version
27 And the seven thin and ill favoured kine that came up after them are seven years; and the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind shall be seven years of famine.
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Genesis 41:57
New International Version
57 And all the world came to Egypt to buy grain from Joseph,(A) because the famine was severe everywhere.(B)
Genesis 41:57
King James Version
57 And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn; because that the famine was so sore in all lands.
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Genesis 42:5
New International Version
5 So Israel’s sons were among those who went to buy grain,(A) for there was famine in the land of Canaan(B) also.(C)
Genesis 42:5
King James Version
5 And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
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Genesis 43:1
New International Version
The Second Journey to Egypt
43 Now the famine was still severe in the land.(A)
Genesis 47:4
New International Version
4 They also said to him, “We have come to live here for a while,(A) because the famine is severe in Canaan(B) and your servants’ flocks have no pasture.(C) So now, please let your servants settle in Goshen.”(D)
Genesis 47:4
King James Version
4 They said morever unto Pharaoh, For to sojourn in the land are we come; for thy servants have no pasture for their flocks; for the famine is sore in the land of Canaan: now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen.
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Genesis 47:13
New International Version
Joseph and the Famine
13 There was no food, however, in the whole region because the famine was severe; both Egypt and Canaan wasted away because of the famine.(A)
Genesis 47:13
King James Version
13 And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very sore, so that the land of Egypt and all the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine.
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Ruth 1:1
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Ruth 1:1
King James Version
1 Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehemjudah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.
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2 Samuel 21:1
New International Version
The Gibeonites Avenged
21 During the reign of David, there was a famine(A) for three successive years; so David sought(B) the face of the Lord. The Lord said, “It is on account of Saul and his blood-stained house; it is because he put the Gibeonites to death.”
2 Samuel 21:1
King James Version
21 Then there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David enquired of the Lord. And the Lord answered, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites.
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2 Kings 8:1
New International Version
The Shunammite’s Land Restored
8 Now Elisha had said to the woman(A) whose son he had restored to life, “Go away with your family and stay for a while wherever you can, because the Lord has decreed a famine(B) in the land that will last seven years.”(C)
2 Kings 8:1
King James Version
8 Then spake Elisha unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thine household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for the Lord hath called for a famine; and it shall also come upon the land seven years.
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Psalm 105:19
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Psalm 105:19
King James Version
19 Until the time that his word came: the word of the Lord tried him.
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