Genesis 43:1

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Now the famine in the land was severe.

Cross References

Genesis 12:10

There was a famine in the land,  so Abram went down to Egypt to stay there for a while because the famine in the land was severe.

Lamentations 5:10

Our skin is as hot  as an oven from the ravages of hunger.

Genesis 42:5

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

Genesis 18:13

But the Lord asked Abraham, ‘Why did Sarah laugh, saying, ‘Can I really have a baby when I’m old? ’

Genesis 26:1

There was another famine in the land in addition to the one that had occurred in Abraham’s time.  And Isaac went to Abimelech, king of the Philistines, at Gerar.

Genesis 43:2

When they had used up the grain they had brought back from Egypt, their father said to them, ‘Go back and buy us a little food.’

Genesis 47:4

And they said to Pharaoh, ‘We have come to stay in the land for a while because there is no grazing land for your servants’ sheep, since the famine in the land of Canaan has been severe.  So now, please let your servants settle in the land of Goshen.’

Deuteronomy 26:5

You are to respond by saying in the presence of the Lord your God: My father was a wandering Aramean.  He went down to Egypt with a few people and resided there as a foreigner.  There he became a great, powerful, and populous nation.