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This day in September
And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged.
(Genesis 8:1) KJV
As the waters evaporated after Noah’s flood the cooling effect caused equatorial and polar glaciation. There were temperate zones in the Northern and Southern hemisphere.
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Then the seven years of plenty which were in the land of Egypt ended, and the seven years of famine began to come, as Joseph had said. The famine was in all lands, but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.
(Genesis 41:53-54) NKJV
It was necessary for the children of Israel to sojourn in Egypt for over 400 years, during which time they became a great nation. God got Jacob and his family to Egypt by causing a famine throughout the land of Canaan.
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And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar.
(Genesis 26:1) KJV
A second famine caused Isaac and Rebekah to go Gerar. This is another example, similar to Abraham and Sarah going to Egypt, of making a bad decision rather than trusting the Lord.
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Now there was a famine in the land; so Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there, for the famine was severe in the land.
(Genesis 12:10) KJV
After the tectonic breakup of Pangaea there were at least 201 years before the birth of Abraham. This brings us to the time of Job and the patriarchs. We don’t know much about the Earth at this time except that there were occasional famines.
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Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt: And there shall arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine shall consume the land; And the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine following; for it shall be very grievous.
(Genesis 41:29-31) KJV
God used famines in the lives of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob to test their faith. It indicates that the climate was unstable, or cyclical, with periods of warming and cooling.
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