Bible Dictionary: Famine: Often Long Continued

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Torrey's Topical Textbook

Genesis 41:27
And the seven thin and ill favored cows that came up after them are seven years; and the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind shall be seven years of famine.
Torrey's Topical Textbook

2 Kings 8:1,2
Then spoke Elisha to the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go you and your household, and sojourn wherever you can sojourn: for the LORD has called for a famine; and it shall also come on the land seven years.
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Library

Sixteenth Lesson. Speedily, Though Bearing Long;'
... know to wait with patience for the fruit we long for"O ... Often I was inclined to retire
in despair. ... it was just for such times of leanness and famine that the ...
/.../sixteenth lesson speedily though bearing.htm

The Voice of Stern Rebuke
... the long years of drought and famine, Elijah prayed ... the royal court the effect of
the long-continued drought was ... The smooth sermons so often preached make no ...
/.../white/the story of prophets and kings/chapter 10 the voice of.htm

The Close of the Theban Empire --(Continued)
... usual lack of foresight in the Egyptian, they were often consumed long before the ...
their very humble request: "We are come, urged by famine, urged by ...
/.../chapter ithe close of the.htm

Chapter xlvii
... under Egypt's dominion, as happened so often both before ... us feel how very severe
the famine was; it is ... so rapidly as complete support by relief long continued. ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/leupold/exposition of genesis volume 1/chapter xlvii.htm

The Former Subject of the Sedition Continued; Also of Fasting...
... treatment which he did not deserve; or famine, or pestilence ... all was, that having
been so long in such ... In the world, a person often rejoices, on beholding an ...
/.../chrysostom/on the priesthood/homily xviii the former subject.htm

Persecution in the First Centuries.
... be the cause of great calamities"famine, pestilence, and ... Their punishment was often
made the chief entertainment ... Thus, as long as persecution continued, the ...
/.../the great controversy between christ and satan /2 persecution in the first.htm

Persecution in the First Centuries
... be the cause of great calamities"famine, pestilence, and ... Their punishment was often
made the chief entertainment ... Thus, as long as persecution continued, the ...
/.../white/the great controversy/chapter 2 persecution in the.htm

The Northern Iron and the Steel
... tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness ... Anti-Christ will
come, and the long-expected angel ... I have often noticed that when God intends ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 17 1871/the northern iron and the.htm

Prolegomena.
... destroying property and stores of corn, famine was feared ... Gregory himself often speaks
of the signs of ... year, that he began a long continued correspondence with ...
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Book 20 Footnotes
... Of this famine also, and queen Helena's supplies, and ... than those Annas and Caiaphas
so often mentioned in ... for about twenty-three years, which long duration of ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/book 20 footnotes.htm

Subtopics

Famine

Famine in Canaan

Famine in Egypt

Famine in Jerusalem, from Siege

Famine: A Dearth of the Means of Grace

Famine: Cannibalism In

Famine: Caused by Blasting and Mildew

Famine: Caused by Devastation by Enemies

Famine: Caused by God's Blessing Withheld

Famine: Caused by Rotting of the Seed in the Ground

Famine: Caused by Swarms of Insects