There was a famine in the land, so Abram went down to Egypt to stay for a while because the famine was severe.

But the Lord struck Pharaoh and his household with severe diseases because of Sarai, Abram's wife.

The previous abundance of the land will not be remembered because of the famine that follows, for the famine will be very severe.

While the famine was over all the earth, Joseph opened the storehouses and sold grain to the Egyptians. The famine was severe throughout the land of Egypt.

People from every country came to Joseph in Egypt to buy grain because the famine was severe throughout the earth.

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

Now the famine was severe in the land.

Then they said to Pharaoh, "We have come to live as temporary residents in the land. There is no pasture for your servants' flocks because the famine is severe in the land of Canaan. So now, please let your servants live in the land of Goshen."

But there was no food in all the land because the famine was very severe; the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan wasted away because of the famine.

So Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh. Each of the Egyptians sold his field, for the famine was severe. So the land became Pharaoh's.