New Revised Standard Version
When he summoned famine against the land, and broke every staff of bread,

Contemporary English Version
God kept crops from growing until food was scarce everywhere in the land.

New American Bible
Then he called down a famine on the land, destroyed the grain that sustained them.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he called a famine upon the land: and he broke in pieces all the support of bread.

And he called a famine upon the land: and he broke in pieces all the support of bread.

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Genesis 41:25-32,34 Joseph answered: The king's dream is one: God hath shewn to Pharao what he is about to do. . . .

Genesis 42:5,6 And they entered into the land of Egypt with others that went to buy. For the famine was in the land of Chanaan. . . .

2 Kings 8:1 And Eliseus spoke to the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying: Arise, and go thou, and thy household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst find: for the Lord hath called a famine, and it shall come upon the land seven years.

Amos 3:6 Shall the trumpet sound in a city, and the people not be afraid? Shall there be evil in a city, which the Lord hath not done?

Amos 7:1-4 But behold, I will raise up a nation against you, O house of Israel, saith the Lord the God of hosts; and they shall destroy you from the entrance of Emath, even to the torrent of the desert. . . .

Haggai 1:10,11 Therefore the heavens over you were stayed from giving dew, and the earth was hindered from yielding her fruits: . . .

Haggai 2:17 I struck you with a blasting wind, and all the works of your hand with the mildew and with hail, yet there was none among you that returned to me, saith the Lord.

Matthew 8:8,9 And the centurion, making answer, said: Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldst enter under my roof; but only say the word, and my servant shall be healed. . . .

Revelation 6:8 And behold a pale horse: and he that sat upon him, his name was Death. And hell followed him. And power was given to him over the four parts of the earth, to kill with sword, with famine and with death and with the beasts of the earth.

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Psalm 104:15 And that wine may cheer the heart of man. That he may make the face cheerful with oil: and that bread may strengthen man's heart.

Genesis 47:13,19 For in the whole world there was want of bread, and a famine had oppressed the land, more especially of Egypt and Chanaan; . . .

Leviticus 26:26 After I shall have broken the staff of your bread: so that ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and give it out by weight: and you shall eat, and shall not be filled,

Isaiah 3:1 For behold the sovereign Lord of hosts shall take away from Jerusalem, and from Juda the valiant and the strong, the whole strength of bread, and the whole strength of water.

Ezekiel 4:16 And he said to me: Son of man: Behold, I will break in pieces the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with care: and they shall drink water by measure, and in distress.

Acts 7:11 Now there came a famine upon all Egypt and Chanaan, and great tribulation: and our fathers found no food.