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He called for a famine on the land. He destroyed the food supplies.
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God's Sovereignty in Crisis
All the commentators agree that the famine was not a random event. The verse says God "called for a famine," which scholars explain means that God is sovereign over natural events and uses them to accomplish His purposes. The famine was like a servant, obedient to God's command, to set in motion the events that would lead Jacob's family to Egypt.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Moreover, he called for a famine upon the land - It was not by chance; not by the mere operation of physical laws, but it was becau…
19th Century
Anglican
Called for a famine. — Compare 2 Kings 8:1; and in Ezekiel 14:0 we see how famine, with war, pestilence, and noisome b…
16th Century
Protestant
And he called a famine upon the land. Here the inspired writer recounts a most illustrious proof of divine providence toward the chosen pe…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Moreover, he called for a famine upon the land On the land of Egypt; or rather on the land of Canaan, where Jacob an…
Let us remember the Redeemer's marvelous works, his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth. Though true Christians are few in number, strangers an…
