The table below presents presents two contradictory verses. Both verses speak about the famine in the time of Joseph. The underlined words highlight the contradiction. One verse says and the seven years of famine began to come, according as Joseph had said; and there was famine in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread while the other verse states And all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread; and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians: 'Go unto Joseph; what he saith to you, do.' Which is it? Did Egypt have food or was there a famine there? Rashi simply resolves this using the 2 Stages method: Initially when the famine started outside of Egypt, all of Egypt had food, since Joseph had advised them to store food. But the food rotted and Egypt too was then in famine

Summary	Verse / Source	Text of verse / Source
Egypt had food	Gn41-54	and the seven years of famine began to come, according as Joseph had said; and there was famine in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.
Egypt had a famine	Gn41-55	And all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread; and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians: 'Go unto Joseph; what he saith to you, do.'
Resolution:	2 Stages	Initially when the famine started outside of Egypt, all of Egypt had food, since Joseph had advised them to store food. But the food rotted and Egypt too was then in famine