⁵⁶ And the famine was on all the faces of the land; and Joseph opened all that was in them^*, and rationed to Egypt; and the famine held·​·firm in the land of Egypt.

²⁴ Jehovah of Armies has promised, saying, Surely as^◦ I have considered, so shall it be; and as^◦ I have counseled, it^◦ shall arise;