There was no food anywhere, for the famine was very severe. Both Egypt and Canaan wasted away because of it.
In context
11So Joseph settled his father and brothers, giving them property in the best part of Egypt, the region of Rameses, as Pharaoh had directed. 12Joseph also provided food for his father and brothers and all his father’s household, according to the number of their children. 13There was no food anywhere, for the famine was very severe. Both Egypt and Canaan wasted away because of it. 14Joseph collected all the silver in Egypt and Canaan in exchange for the grain they were buying, and he brought it into Pharaoh’s palace. 15When the silver of Egypt and Canaan was gone, all the Egyptians came to Joseph and said, “Give us food. Why should we die before your eyes? Our silver is gone.”
