Biblia Todo Logo
Cross References

- Advertisements -




Genesis 41:57

Conservative English Version

People from all over the world came to Egypt, because the famine was severe in their countries.

See the chapter Copy

11 Cross References  

The crops failed, and there was no food anywhere in the land. So Abram and his wife Sarai went to live in Egypt for a while. But just before they got there, he said, "Sarai, you are really beautiful!

and the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had said. There was not enough food in other countries, but all over Egypt there was plenty.

The famine became bad everywhere in Egypt, so Joseph opened the storehouses and sold the grain to the Egyptians.

When Jacob found out there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, "Why are you just sitting here, staring at one another?

So Jacob's sons joined others from Canaan who were going to Egypt because of the terrible famine.

Since Joseph was governor of Egypt and in charge of selling grain, his brothers came to him and bowed with their faces to the ground.

The famine in Canaan got worse,

So Joseph sold them the grain that had been stored up, and he put the money in the king's treasury.

You tried to harm me, but God made it turn out for the best, so that he could save all these people, as he is now doing.

If you destroy your people, the Egyptians will say, "The LORD promised to give Israel land, but he wasn't powerful enough to keep his promise. In fact, he hated them so much that he took them into the desert and killed them."




Follow us:

Advertisements


Advertisements