Famine

How Nave’s arranged it

• Pharaoh forewarned of, in dreamsGenesis 41
• DescribedDeuteronomy 28:53–57Isaiah 5:13Isaiah 9:18–21Isaiah 17:11Jeremiah 5:17Jeremiah 14:1–6Jeremiah 48:33Lamentations 1:11Lamentations 1:19Lamentations 2:11–22Lamentations 4:4–10Joel 1:17–20
• Sent as a judgmentLeviticus 26:19–29Deuteronomy 28:23Deuteronomy 28:24Deuteronomy 28:38–421 Kings 17:12 Kings 8:11 Chronicles 21:12Psalms 105:16Psalms 107:33Psalms 107:34Isaiah 3:1–8Isaiah 14:30Jeremiah 19:9Jeremiah 14:15–22Jeremiah 29:17Jeremiah 29:19Lamentations 5:4Lamentations 5:5Lamentations 5:10Ezekiel 4:16
• Cannibalism inDeuteronomy 28:532 Kings 6:28
• Righteous delivered fromJob 5:20Psalms 33:19Psalms 37:19
• FIGURATIVEAmos 8:11
• INSTANCES OF
• In CanaanGenesis 12:10Genesis 26:12 Samuel 21:11 Kings 171 Kings 18:12 Kings 6:25–292 Kings 7:4
• In Jerusalem, from siege2 Kings 25:3Jeremiah 52:6
• In EgyptGenesis 41:53–57
• UniversalActs 11:28

The passages, in Bible order (62)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Genesis 12:10

   Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe.

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   “Now there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there. After receiving the promises of blessing, after entering the land of promise, after building an altar to the Lord there, after invoking His name, Abraham is tested by …

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2. Genesis 26:1

   Now there was another famine in the land, subsequent to the one that had occurred in Abraham’s time. And Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines at Gerar.

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   “And there was a famine in the land,....

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3. Genesis 41:1

   After two full years had passed, Pharaoh had a dream: He was standing beside the Nile,

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   “And it came to pass at the end of two full years,....

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4. Genesis 41:53–57

   When the seven years of abundance in the land of Egypt came to an end,

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   “And the seven years of plenteousness that was in the land of Egypt were ended. Perhaps quickly after the birth of Ephraim, Joseph's second son; since the account follows upon that, and it is certain that he was born before the years of famine began, Gen 41:50; some connect the words, "moreover when" the seven years of plenty were ended, then began, as follows, seven years of famine; these events were fulfilled just as Joseph had predicted.

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5. Leviticus 26:19–29

   I will break down your stubborn pride and make your sky like iron and your land like bronze,

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   “And I will break the pride of your power,....

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6. Deuteronomy 28:23

   The sky over your head will be bronze, and the earth beneath you iron.

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   “By the heaven then being brass is signified its being shut up, and refusing its use to the earth. The earth also is iron, for it witholds its produce, and with hostile rigour excludes from its fructifying soil the seeds thrown upon it, which its wont is to cherish as in the bosom of a tender mother. For when does iron bring forth fruit, when does brass melt into showers?

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7. Deuteronomy 28:24

   The LORD will turn the rain of your land into dust and powder; it will descend on you from the sky until you are destroyed.

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   “The Lord shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust,....

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8. Deuteronomy 28:38–42

   You will sow much seed in the field but harvest little, because the locusts will consume it.

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   “Thou shall carry much seed into the field,.... And sow it plentifully; this and what is said in some following verses plainly refer to them while in their own land, before carried captive, and not to their present case and circumstances: and shall gather but little in at harvest; little springing up, or not coming to perfection, being blighted and blasted, and so yielded but a small crop; see Hag 1:9; and chiefly for the following reason: for the locust shall consume it; which is a great destroyer of the fruits of the earth; see Joe 1:4.

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9. Deuteronomy 28:53–57

   Then you will eat the fruit of your womb, the flesh of the sons and daughters whom the LORD your God has given you, in the siege and distress that your enemy will inflict on you.

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   “And thou shall eat the fruit of thine body,....

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10. 2 Samuel 21:1

    During the reign of David there was a famine for three successive years, and David sought the face of the LORD. And the LORD said, “It is because of the blood shed by Saul and his family, because he killed the Gibeonites.”

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    “The Gibeonites met the children of Israel, and although other nations were slaughtered, they were kept for hewers of wood and drawers of water. And of such value were they in God's eyes that the family of Saul was destroyed for the wrong done to them. Where would you put them? Among the goats? But they were not slain, and they were avenged by the determination of God. Among the sheep? But holy Scripture says they were not of the same merit as the Israelites.

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11. 1 Kings 17:1

    Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was among the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As surely as the LORD lives—the God of Israel before whom I stand—there will be neither dew nor rain in these years except at my word!”

    ›Commentary on 1 Kings 17:11 voice

    “Great is the virtue of fasting. Indeed, its military appearance is so beautiful that it delightfully attracts and elevates humans to heaven for fasting and for Christ: so powerful that it raises men up to heaven. And to use more human than divine examples, from the fasting mouth of Elijah a voice was uttered that closed heaven to the sacrilegious people of the Jews. For when Ahab, the king, had set up an altar to the idol, according to the words of the prophet, there was no rain for three years and six months upon the earth.

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12. 1 Kings 18:1

    After a long time, in the third year of the drought, the word of the LORD came to Elijah: “Go and present yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain upon the face of the earth.”

    ›Commentary on 1 Kings 18:11 voice

    "After many days the word of the Lord came to Elijah, in the third year of the drought, saying, 'Go, present yourself to Ahab; I will send rain on the earth.' " The Lord, by giving life back to the child, granted grace to Elijah. …

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13. 2 Kings 6:25–29

    So there was a great famine in Samaria. Indeed, they besieged the city so long that a donkey’s head sold for eighty shekels of silver, and a quarter cab of dove’s dung sold for five shekels of silver.

    ›Commentary on 2 Kings 6:25–292 voices

    "Famine in Samaria became so great that a donkey's head was sold for eighty shekels of silver." The donkey's head, which the Scripture reports here to be so expensive, signifies the teaching coming from the ravings of the philosophers and the scientists of the world. …

    "Some time later King Ben-hadad of Aram mustered his entire army; he marched against Samaria and laid siege to it." This is that Ben-hadad who had been condemned to death by God; and Ahab had received the order to execute him. But he spared his …

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14. 2 Kings 6:28

    Then the king asked her, “What is the matter?” And she answered, “This woman said to me, ‘Give up your son, that we may eat him, and tomorrow we will eat my son.’

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    “And the king said unto her, what aileth thee?....

    "Some time later King Ben-hadad of Aram mustered his entire army; he marched against Samaria and laid siege to it." This is that Ben-hadad who had been condemned to death by God; and Ahab had received the order to execute him. But he spared his …

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15. 2 Kings 7:4

    If we say, ‘Let us go into the city,’ we will die there from the famine in the city; but if we sit here, we will also die. So come now, let us go over to the camp of the Arameans. If they let us live, we will live; if they kill us, we will die.”

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    “If we say we will enter into the city,....

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16. 2 Kings 8:1

    Now Elisha had said to the woman whose son he had restored to life, “Arise, you and your household; go and live as a foreigner wherever you can. For the LORD has decreed a seven-year famine, and it has already come to the land.”

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    "Now Elisha had said to the woman whose son he had restored to life, 'Get up and go with your household.' " This is the Shunammite woman who had received Elisha in her home. And [the prophet] had taken care of her son too, who …

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