Famine רָעָב

Inspiring Words Knight Vision · May 5, 2025 · 4m

We are in chapter 41 of Genesis with our word for today used the most in our chapter. רָעָב famine, hunger, scarcity of grain. It is used 101 times in the Old Testament, 12 times in our chapter. We find our word used to describe a severe shortage of food resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death. Because this situation was so life threatening it caused people to move from their home to where the food was. This reality is repeated throughout history. Genesis 12:10 Now there was a רָעָ֖ב famine in the land, and Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was…