Famine

God’s Punishment For Jerusalem’s Sin - Lamentations 4:1 – 4:13 (commentary)

Jerusalem’s judgment is brought into sharp focus by comparing her present condition with that before the fall. Jeremiah makes a contrast of the happy conditions of former days with the present devastation of Jerusalem.First the fate of the city is described; then the prophet give …

Joseph Brothers Go to Egypt to Buy Grain - Genesis 42:1 – 42:17 (commentary)

The famine was so great in Canaan that Jacob decided to send his sons (except Benjamin) down to  Egypt to buy food (vv. 1-3). The reason he did not send Benjamin was that he was the only son by Rachel that he still had and he did not want something to happen to him (v. 4). T …