Psalms 105:16
And he took away all food from the land, so that the people were without bread.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread.
In Context
17He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was given as a servant for a price:
Cross References
Genesis 41:54Then came the first of the seven years of need as Joseph had said: and in every other land they were short of food; but in the land of Egypt there was bread.
Genesis 47:13Now there was no food to be had in all the land, so that all Egypt and Canaan were wasted from need of food.
Leviticus 26:26When I take away your bread of life, ten women will be cooking bread in one oven, and your bread will be measured out by weight; you will have food but never enough.
Psalms 104:15And wine to make glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face shining, and bread giving strength to his heart.
Ezekiel 4:16And he said to me, Son of man, see, I will take away from Jerusalem her necessary bread: they will take their bread by weight and with care, measuring out their drinking-water with fear and wonder:
Amos 7:1This is what the Lord God let me see: and I saw that, when the growth of the late grass was starting, he made locusts; it was the late growth after the king's cutting was done.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 105:9-25
The Divine Promise to the Patriarchs; Providences Concerning the Patriarchs. 8 He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations. 9 Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac; 10 And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant: 11 Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance: 12 When they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it. 13 When they went from one… Read the whole commentary →