Genesis 43:1

Good News Translation

The famine in Canaan got worse,

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 18:13

Then the Lord asked Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Can I really have a child when I am so old?’

Genesis 26:1

There was another famine in the land besides the earlier one during the time of Abraham. Isaac went to Abimelech, king of the Philistines, at Gerar.

Genesis 42:5

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

Genesis 43:2

and when the family of Jacob had eaten all the grain which had been brought from Egypt, Jacob said to his sons, “Go back and buy a little food for us.”

Genesis 47:4

“We have come to live in this country, because in the land of Canaan the famine is so severe that there is no pasture for our flocks. Please give us permission to live in the region of Goshen.”

Lamentations 5:10

Hunger has made us burn with fever until our skin is as hot as an oven.

Deuteronomy 26:5

Then, in the Lord's presence you will recite these words: ‘My ancestor was a wandering Aramean, who took his family to Egypt to live. They were few in number when they went there, but they became a large and powerful nation.