Genesis 43:1 - Revised Version 1885

¹ And the famine was sore in the land.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ And the famine was sore in the land.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ BUT THE hunger and destitution and starvation were very severe and extremely distressing in the land [Canaan].

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ And the famine was sore in the land.

Common English Bible

¹ The famine was severe in the land,

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ Meanwhile, the famine pressed heavily on 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: