Famine and plagues are a consistent, pivotal theme throughout the Old Testament, acting as both trials and instruments of divine intervention that shape the journey of the patriarchs. In Genesis 12, a severe famine acts as an immediate test of faith for Abram, forcing him to "pivot" from the land of promise and flee to Egypt, a narrative foreshadowing the future exile of his descendants. 

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