“And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very sore, so that the land of Egypt and all the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine.”
There was no food, however, in the whole region because the famine was severe; both Egypt and Canaan wasted away because of the famine. The famine that afflicts the whole region is the context within which Joseph's administration of Egypt's food supply becomes the most significant governance act in the ancient world. The application: the covenant person in a position of authority serves not only the covenant community but the entire region that the famine has put in need.
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