Genesis 43:1

New American Bible - revised edition

Now the famine in the land grew severe.

Cross References

Genesis 12:10

There was famine in the land; so Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there, since the famine in the land was severe.

Genesis 18:13

But the Lord said to Abraham: “Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Will I really bear a child, old as I am?’

Genesis 26:1

There was a famine in the land, distinct from the earlier one that had occurred in the days of Abraham, and Isaac went down to Abimelech, king of the Philistines in Gerar.

Genesis 42:5

And so the sons of Israel were among those who came to buy grain, since there was famine in the land of Canaan.

Genesis 43:2

So when they had used up all the grain they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, “Go back and buy us a little more food.”

Genesis 47:4

We have come,” they continued, “in order to sojourn in this land, for there is no pasture for your servants’ flocks, because the famine has been severe in the land of Canaan. So now please let your servants settle in the region of Goshen.”

Lamentations 5:10

Our skin heats up like an oven, from the searing blasts of famine.

Deuteronomy 26:5

Then you shall declare in the presence of the Lord, your God, “My father was a refugee Aramean who went down to Egypt with a small household and lived there as a resident alien. But there he became a nation great, strong and numerous.