Genesis 43:1

A Conservative Version

And the famine was severe in the land.

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 severe in the land.

Lamentations 5:10

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

Genesis 42:5

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

Genesis 18:13

And LORD said to Abraham, Why did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I who am old certainly bear a child?

Genesis 26:1

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

Genesis 43:2

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

Genesis 47:4

And they said to Pharaoh, We have come to sojourn in the land, for there is no pasture for thy servants' flocks, for the famine is severe in the land of Canaan. Now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants dwell in the land of Gos

Deuteronomy 26:5

And thou shall answer and say before LORD thy God, My father was a Syrian ready to perish, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there, few in number. And he became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous.