Genesis 41:57

Contemporary English Version 1995

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

Cross References

Genesis 42:5

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

Genesis 41:56

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

Genesis 41:54

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.

Deuteronomy 9:28

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.”

Genesis 50:20

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.

Genesis 42:1

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

Genesis 12:10

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

Genesis 43:1

The famine in Canaan got worse,

Genesis 42:6

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.

Genesis 47:14

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