Genesis 43:1 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

And the famine was sore in the land.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And the famine was sore in the land.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

BUT THE hunger and destitution and starvation were very severe and extremely distressing in the land [Canaan].

American Standard Version (1901)

And the famine was sore in the land.

Common English Bible

The famine was severe in the land,

Catholic Public Domain Version

Meanwhile, the famine pressed heavily on all the land.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

In the mean time the famine was heavy upon all the land.

Genesis 43:1 Cross References

Genesis 12:10

And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was sore in the land.

Genesis 18:13

And the LORD said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old?

Genesis 26:1

And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar.

Genesis 42:5

And the sons of Israel came to buy among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.

Genesis 43:2

And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food.

Genesis 47:4

And they said unto Pharaoh, To sojourn in the land are we come; for there is no pasture for thy servants' flocks; for the famine is sore in the land of Canaan: now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen.

Lamentations 5:10

Our skin is black like an oven because of the burning heat of famine.

Deuteronomy 26:5

And thou shalt answer and say before the LORD thy God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there, few in number; and he became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous: