5 Bible Verses about Famine, Examples Of
Most Relevant Verses
But it is true when I tell you, [while] there were many widows [living] in Israel during the time of Elijah, when it did not rain for three and a half years, causing a great famine over the entire land,
One of them, a man named Agabus, stood up and indicated by [the direction of] the Holy Spirit that there was going to be a severe worldwide famine, which [actually] took place during the time that Claudius ruled.
For nations will wage war against one another, and kingdoms will attack one another. And famines and earthquakes will occur at various places [in the world].
"Now a great famine occurred all over Egypt and Canaan, causing extreme hardships, and our forefathers did not have enough to live on. But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent his sons [down there] on their first trip. On their second trip Joseph identified himself to his brothers, and Pharaoh was made aware of his origins.
