'Scarcity' in the Bible

the seven years of famine began to come, just as Joseph had said [they would]; the famine was in all the [surrounding] lands, but in the land of Egypt there was bread (food).

There I will provide for you and sustain you, so that you and your household and all that are yours may not become impoverished, for there are still five years of famine to come.”’

There were others who were saying, “We are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards, and our houses to buy grain because of the famine.”