Genesis 42:5 - Plain English Version5 In Egypt country, Jacob’s sons went to buy food, and there were lots of other people from Canaan country there too. You see, there was no rain and no food plants growing anywhere in Canaan, so the Canaan people had to go to Egypt to buy food. Ver CapítuloMás versionesKing James Version (Oxford) 17695 And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan. Ver CapítuloAmplified Bible - Classic Edition5 So the sons of Israel came to buy grain among those who came, for there was hunger and general lack of food in the land of Canaan. Ver CapítuloAmerican Standard Version (1901)5 And the sons of Israel came to buy among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan. Ver CapítuloCommon English Bible5 Israel’s sons came to buy grain with others who also came since the famine had spread to the land of Canaan. Ver CapítuloCatholic Public Domain Version5 And they entered into the land of Egypt with the others who traveled to buy. For the famine was in the land of Canaan. Ver Capítulo |
At another time, there was no rain and no food plants growing in the country where Isaac and Rebekah lived. It was like the time when there was no rain a long time before, while Abraham was still alive. So Isaac and his family left that country, and they went to the town called Gerar, in Philistia country. The big boss of the Philistia people was called Abimelek, and he lived in that town.
One of those men was Agabus. He stood up in a meeting, and the Holy Spirit told him a message to tell everybody. He said, “There is going to be a very hard time for all the people everywhere. There will be no food to eat anywhere.” (And that really happened later, when Claudius was the biggest Roman boss.)
Then the 7 dry years started. There was no rain, and the food plants stopped growing. It happened just like Joseph said. The same thing happened in all the other countries around Egypt too. There was no rain and no food plants growing in those countries, so the people in those countries didn’t have enough food. But there was still lots of food in those big sheds in Egypt.