Genesis 41:55-57

The Voice

⁵⁵ When the people in Egypt became famished, they appealed to Pharaoh for food; and Pharaoh directed them all to Joseph.

⁵⁶ So when the famine had spread across the land of Egypt, Joseph opened up the storehouses and sold grain to the Egyptians. But he waited until the famine had become severe in the land. ⁵⁷ When the surrounding peoples heard Egypt still had food, they journeyed to Egypt to buy grain from Joseph, because by this time the entire world was in the grip of a severe famine.