Psalm 105:16
“Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread.”
KJV
Read in Psalm 105Meaning
The Joseph section opens with crisis, showing that preservation unfolds through severe scarcity rather than uninterrupted ease.
Joseph suffers, is tested, and is raised to preserve life
Famine leads into Joseph's enslavement, testing, release, and appointment to authority.
Read carefully
The verse narrates one biblical event and does not provide a universal diagnostic rule.
Reflection
Avoid simple formulas about why suffering occurs.