The Pulpit Commentary on Psalms 105:16

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

Moreover he called for a famine upon the land. To "call for a famine" is the same thing as to create a famine. What God "calls for" immediately exists (see Genesis 1:3). "The land" intended is the land of Canaan.

He brake the whole staff of bread (comp. Le 26:26; Isaiah lit. 1). Bread is called a "staff," as the great support of life. (For the severity of the famine in Canaan, see Genesis 41:1; Genesis 42:5; Genesis 43:1.

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