Genesis 41:57

Good News Translation

People came to Egypt from all over the world to buy grain from Joseph, because the famine was severe everywhere.

Cross References

Genesis 12:10

But there was a famine in Canaan, and it was so bad that Abram went farther south to Egypt, to live there for a while.

Genesis 41:54

and the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had said. There was famine in every other country, but there was food throughout Egypt.

Genesis 41:56

The famine grew worse and spread over the whole country, so Joseph opened all the storehouses and sold grain to the Egyptians.

Genesis 42:1

When Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why don't you do something?

Genesis 42:5

The sons of Jacob came with others to buy grain, because there was famine in the land of Canaan.

Genesis 42:6

Joseph, as governor of the land of Egypt, was selling grain to people from all over the world. So Joseph's brothers came and bowed down before him with their faces to the ground.

Genesis 43:1

The famine in Canaan got worse,

Genesis 47:14

As they bought grain, Joseph collected all the money and took it to the palace.

Genesis 50:20

You plotted evil against me, but God turned it into good, in order to preserve the lives of many people who are alive today because of what happened.

Deuteronomy 9:28

Otherwise, the Egyptians will say that you were unable to take your people into the land that you had promised them. They will say that you took your people out into the desert to kill them, because you hated them.