Genesis 45:6
That's because this famine has been going on for two years now in this region, and there are still five years left, during which there won't be any plowing or harvesting.
Exodus 34:21
"For six days you are to work, but on the seventh day you are to rest; even during plowing time and harvest you are to rest.
Deuteronomy 21:4
and are to lead the heifer to a flowing stream in a valley that has never been tilled or planted. They are to break the heifer's neck there.
1 Samuel 8:12
He will appoint his officers over thousands and officers over fifties some will plow his fields, reap his harvest, and craft his war implements and equipment for his chariots.
Isaiah 30:24
and oxen and donkeys that work the ground will eat seasoned fodder that workers will winnow with shovels and forks.
Genesis 41:29-31
Be advised that seven years of phenomenal abundance are coming throughout all the land of Egypt,
Genesis 41:54
the seven years of famine started, just as Joseph had predicted. It was an international famine, but there was food everywhere throughout the land of Egypt.
Genesis 41:56
Joseph opened all of the storehouses and sold grain to the Egyptians, because the famine was beginning to be severe throughout the land of Egypt.
Genesis 47:18
The following year, they came to him and reminded him, "We won't hide from you, your Excellency, that we've spent all of our money, and that our livestock all belong to you. There's nothing left to trade with you, your Excellency, except our bodies and our territories.
Genesis 47:23
After this, Joseph addressed the people. "Pay attention," he said. "I've bought you and your land for Pharaoh today, in exchange for seed for you. Now go sow the land.