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Genesis 47:13

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11 So Joseph settled his father and brothers in the land of Egypt and gave them property in the best part of the land, the district of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.

12 Joseph also provided his father and brothers and all his father’s household with food for their families.

There was no food, however, in all that region, because the famine was so severe; the lands of Egypt and Canaan had been exhausted by the famine.

14 Joseph collected all the money to be found in the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan in exchange for the grain they were buying, and he brought it into Pharaoh’s palace.

15 When the money from the lands of Egypt and Canaan was gone, all the Egyptians came to Joseph and said, “Give us food. Why should we die before your eyes? For our funds have run out!”

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BSB
There was no food, however, in all that region, because the famine was so severe; the lands of Egypt and Canaan had been exhausted by the famine.
KJV
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.
WEB
There was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very severe, so that the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine.
ASV
And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very sore, so that the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine.
DARBY
And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very grievous; and the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan were exhausted through the famine.
BLB
And [there was] no bread in all the earth, for the famine [was] very severe. And the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan languished because of the famine.
ÅB
Og det fantes ikke brød i hele landet; for hungersnøden var meget hård, så Egypt og Kana'ans land vansmektet av hunger.
OTB
Det var ingen mat i hele regionen på grunn av hungersnødens alvor; Egypt og Kanaan led under den.
B1930
Og det fantes ikke brød i hele landet; for hungersnøden var meget hård, så Egyptens land og Kana'ans land vansmektet av hunger.

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Cross references

  • Acts 7:11

    Then famine and great suffering swept across Egypt and Canaan, and our fathers could not find food.

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  • Jeremiah 9:12

    Who is the man wise enough to understand this? To whom has the mouth of the LORD spoken, that he may explain it? Why is the land destroyed and scorched like a desert, so no one can pass through it?

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  • Lamentations 4:9

    Those slain by the sword are better off than those who die of hunger, who waste away, pierced with pain because the fields lack produce.

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  • Genesis 41:30–31

    but seven years of famine will follow them. Then all the abundance in the land of Egypt will be forgotten, and the famine will devastate the land.

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  • 1 Kings 18:5

    Then Ahab said to Obadiah, “Go throughout the land to every spring and every valley. Perhaps we will find grass to keep the horses and mules alive so that we will not have to destroy any livestock.”

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  • Joel 1:10–12

    The field is ruined; the land mourns. For the grain is destroyed, the new wine is dried up, and the oil fails.

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  • Lamentations 2:19–20

    Arise, cry out in the night from the first watch of the night. Pour out your heart like water in the presence of the Lord. Lift up your hands to Him for the lives of your children who are fainting from hunger on the corner of every street.

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  • Jeremiah 14:1–6

    This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought:

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