When he summoned a famine on the land, and broke every staff of bread. The transition to Joseph's story (implicit here though not named) marks a shift toward crisis narratives where God's providence operates through apparent suffering. The famine, summoned by God's will, represents a test of faith and a means through which divine purposes are advanced. The poetic language 'broke every staff of bread'—destroying the supports of sustenance—emphasizes the totality of the crisis and the corresponding need for divine intervention.

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