Psalms 105:16
Then called he a famine over the land, All the staff of bread, he brake;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread.
In Context
15Ye may not touch mine Anointed ones, And, to my Prophets, may ye do no wrong.
17He sent before them a man, For a slave, was he sold—[even] Joseph;
Cross References
Genesis 41:54and the seven years of famine began to come in, according as Joseph had said,—and it came to pass that there was a famine in all the lands, but in all the land of Egypt, there was bread.
Genesis 47:13But, bread, was there none in all the land,—for the famine was, very severe,—so that the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine,
Leviticus 26:26When I have broken your staff of bread, then shall ten women bake your bread in one oven, And give back your bread by weight,—And ye shall eat and not be filled.
Psalms 104:15And, wine, may rejoice the heart of man, Making radiant his well-nourished face,—And, food, may, the heart of man, sustain.
Ezekiel 4:16And he said unto me, Son of man Behold me! breaking the staff of bread in Jerusalem, So shall they eat bread by weight and with anxious care, And water by measure, and in astonishment, shall they drink:
Amos 7:1Here, My Lord, Yahweh gave me to see, and lo! he was preparing the locust, in the beginning of the shooting up of the after-grass,—and lo! after-grass, cometh after the mowings for the king.
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 →