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Genesis 47:14-16
And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the corn which they bought: and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh's house. And when money failed in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto Joseph, and said, Give us bread: for why should we die in thy presence? for the money faileth. And Joseph said, Give your cattle; and I will give you for your cattle, if money fail.
In Egypt "the money failed" and Joseph stated trading grain for livestock.
Take a look at what happened here: there was great famine. There's our causation. Result: scarcity of some resources and and and abundance of demand for them. What did this do to prices? Inflation.
So much inflation that the money failed.
Couple of takeaways:
God was the cause. He sent famine, provoking the simultaneous scarcity and high demand that produced inflation. Joseph, acting as God's servant, was the hand through which the inflation was administered. Therefore if a person says, "inflation is always evil and its theft" then in this instance they are calling God and His servant an evil thief.
The money failed. Guess what the money was? Silver and gold coinage. Which is fiat currency - the REAL currency of value was grain, not silver, not gold. Measured weights of silver and gold were being used as representations of actual wealth - foodstuffs - and the gold and silver "failed"
Therefore dealing only in gold will not save you.
In the day of famine you will not be able to eat your gold, and no one will trade you any food for it. Gold is not wealth. Gold is fiat currency, totally liable to failure. It's all right here in scripture