## When all the land of Egypt was famished ##

"When all the Egyptians were starving"

## The famine was over all the face of the whole land ##

"The famine had spread throughout the land"

## storehouses ##

buildings where grain was stored for future use

## severe ##

very harsh

## All the earth was coming to Egypt ##

"people were coming from all the regions around Egypt"

## in all the earth ##

"throughout the land". It is likely that all the different trading partners and nations that were part of the Egyptian trading routes effected by the drought came to Egypt for grain.