TSK · Genesis 41:57

There was a famine in the land. Abram went down into Egypt to live as a foreigner there, for the famine was severe in the land.

The famine was over all the surface of the earth. Joseph opened all the store houses, and sold to the Egyptians. The famine was severe in the land of Egypt.

The sons of Israel came to buy among those who came, for the famine was in the land of Canaan.

The famine was severe in the land.

As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save many people alive.

He called for a famine on the land. He destroyed the food supplies.