Genesis 41:57
And every land came to Egypt to Joseph to buy grain, for the famine was severe in every land.
Genesis 41:54
And the seven years of famine began to come as Joseph had said. And there was famine in all of the countries, but in the land of Egypt there was food.
Genesis 41:56
And the famine was over the whole land, and Joseph opened all the storehouses and sold [food] to the Egyptians. And the famine was severe in the land of Egypt.
Genesis 42:5
Then the sons of Israel went to buy grain amid those [other people] who went [as well], for there was famine in the land of Canaan.
Genesis 42:1
When Jacob realized that there was grain in Egypt, Jacob said to his sons, "Why do you look at one another?"
Genesis 50:20
As for you, you planned evil against me, [but] God planned it for good, in order to do this--to keep many people alive--as [it is] today.
Deuteronomy 9:28
lest [the people of] the land from which you brought us out from there say, "Because Yahweh was not able to bring them to the land that he {promised} to them and because of his hatred [toward] them, he has brought them out to kill them in the desert."
Psalm 105:16-17
Then he called for a famine upon the land; he broke every {supply} of bread.