Genesis 47:13
11 And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.
12 And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father’s household, with bread, according to their families.
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.
14 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.
15 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.
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Compare
- 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.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Acts 7:11
Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.
Read in contextJeremiah 9:12
Who is the wise man, that may understand this? and who is he to whom the mouth of the LORD hath spoken, that he may declare it, for what the land perisheth and is burned up like a wilderness, that none passeth through?
Read in contextLamentations 4:9
They that be slain with the sword are better than they that be slain with hunger: for these pine away, stricken through for want of the fruits of the field.
Read in contextGenesis 41:30–31
And there shall arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine shall consume the land;
Read in context1 Kings 18:5
And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the land, unto all fountains of water, and unto all brooks: peradventure we may find grass to save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts.
Read in contextJoel 1:10–12
The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.
Read in contextLamentations 2:19–20
Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out thine heart like water before the face of the Lord: lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint for hunger in the top of every street.
Read in contextJeremiah 14:1–6
The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the dearth.
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