Genesis 41:35
Let them gather [as a tax] all [of the fifth of] the food of these good years that are coming, and store up grain under the direction and authority of Pharaoh, and let them guard the food [in fortified granaries] in the cities.
Genesis 41:48-49
And Joseph gathered all the [surplus] food of the seven [good] years in the land of Egypt and stored [enormous quantities of] the food in the cities. He stored away in every city the food [collected] from its own surrounding fields.
Genesis 41:56
When the famine was spread over all the land, Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold [surplus grain] to the Egyptians; and the famine grew [extremely] severe in the land of Egypt.
Genesis 45:6-7
For the famine has been in the land these two years, and there are still five more years in which there will be no plowing and harvesting.
Exodus 4:13
But he said, “Please my Lord, send the message [of rescue to Israel] by [someone else,] whomever else You will [choose].”