5 Bible Verses about Famine, Examples Of

Now there came a famine throughout all Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction, and our fathers could find no food.

But I tell you truly, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, and there was a great famine throughout all the land;

One of them named Agabus stood up and foretold by the Spirit that there would be a great famine all over the world. And this took place in the reign of Claudius.

For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes in various places.

Now there came a famine throughout all Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction, and our fathers could find no food. But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent our fathers there the first time. At the second visit Josnt made himself known to his brothers, and Joseph's family was made known to Pharaoh.