Genesis 43:1

The Passion Translation

Now the famine in the land continued to grow more severe.

Cross References

Genesis 12:10

At that time, a severe famine struck the land of Canaan, forcing Abram to travel down to Egypt and live there as a foreigner.

Genesis 18:13

Yahweh knew her thoughts and asked Abraham, “Why is Sarah laughing, saying, ‘How can a woman my age have a baby?’

Genesis 26:1

Now, another famine struck the land, like the one in Abraham’s time. Isaac traveled to Gerar where Abimelech was the Philistine king.

Genesis 42:5

So Israel’s sons were among those who went to Egypt to buy grain, for the famine in the land of Canaan was severe.

Genesis 43:2

When all the grain they had brought from Egypt was almost gone, their father said to them, “Go back and buy us more food.”

Genesis 47:4

“We have come to stay as temporary residents in this country, because in the land of Canaan, the famine is so severe that there is no pasture for your servants’ flocks. Please give us permission to settle in the land of Goshen.”

Lamentations 5:10

Our skin is scorched from the heat of famine.