Matthew Poole and continuators on Genesis 47:13

13 And there was no bread in all the land: for the famine was very sore, so that the land of Egypt, and all the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine .

Quest. Whence came it that the people in this extremity did not take the corn by force out of the several storehouses! Answ. Besides that singular providence of God which watcheth over Kings and Rulers, and stilleth the tumults of the people, Ioseph had no doubt foreseen this difficulty and took due care to prevent it, partly by disposing the stores in strong and well guarded places; partly by adding wealth and strength to the King, whereby he might more easily suppress any seditious risings; and principally by not permitting the people to despair or come to the utmost extremity, but giving them relief in all their exigencies.