Genesis 41:56

“And the famine was over all the face of the earth, etc.] Not over the whole world, but the land of Egypt; all the inhabitants of it were pinched with it, rich and poor; it reached all parts and all sorts of men: and Joseph opened all the storehouses; in the several cities throughout the land where he had laid up corn: and sold unto the Egyptians; for, as he had bought it with Pharaoh’s money, it was no injustice to sell it; and as it could be sold at a moderate price, and yet Pharaoh get enough by it, being bought cheap in a time of plenty, no doubt but Joseph, who was a kind and benevolent man, sold it at such a price: and the famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt; there being no overflow…”