5 Bible Verses about Famine, Examples Of

Then came a famine upon all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great distress: and our fathers found no provisions.

Now I tell you of a certainty, that there were many widows in the days of Elias, in Israel, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, so that a grievous famine was upon all the land.

And one of them named Agabus, rising up, signified by the spirit that a great famine was coming upon the whole habitable globe: which also came in the reign of Claudius Caesar.

For nation shall be roused up against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in diverse places.

Then came a famine upon all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great distress: and our fathers found no provisions. But when Jacob heard that there were provisions in Egypt, he sent our fathers, the first time. And the second time Joseph was made known unto his brethren; and Joseph's family was made known unto Pharaoh.