Genesis 47:13

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

The famine was bad everywhere in Egypt and Canaan, and the people were suffering terribly.

Cross References

Genesis 41:36

It can be stored until it is needed during the seven years when there won't be enough grain in Egypt. This will keep the country from being destroyed because of the lack of food.

1 Kings 18:5

and said, “We have to find something for our horses and mules to eat. If we don't, we will have to kill them. Let's look around every brook and spring in the country for some grass.

Jeremiah 9:12

I said to the LORD, “None of us can understand why the land has become like an uncrossable desert. Won't you explain why?”

Lamentations 4:9

Being killed with a sword is better than slowly starving to death.

Acts 7:11

Everywhere in Egypt and Canaan the grain crops failed. There was terrible suffering, and our ancestors could not find enough to eat.