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.
Genesis 41:57 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Every land came to Joseph in Egypt to buy grain, for the famine was severe in every land. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn; because that the famine was so sore in all lands. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And all countries came to Egypt to Joseph to buy grain, because the famine was severe over all [the known] earth. American Standard Version (1901) And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph to buy grain, because the famine was sore in all the earth. Common English Bible Every country came to Egypt to buy grain from Joseph, because in every country the famine had also become more severe. Catholic Public Domain Version And all the provinces came to Egypt, to buy food and to temper the misfortune of their destitution. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And all provinces came into Egypt, to buy food, and to seek some relief of their want. |
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.
and the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had said. There was famine in every land, but in the whole land of Egypt there was food.
Now the famine had spread across the whole region, so Joseph opened all the storehouses and sold grain to the Egyptians, for the famine was severe in the land of Egypt.
When Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, ‘Why do you keep looking at each other?
The sons of Israel were among those who came to buy grain, for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
Joseph was in charge of the country; he sold grain to all its people. His brothers came and bowed down before him with their faces to the ground.
Joseph collected all the silver to be found in the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan in exchange for the grain they were purchasing, and he brought the silver to Pharaoh’s palace.
You planned evil against me; God planned it for good to bring about the present result #– #the survival of many people.
Otherwise, those in the land you brought us from will say, “Because the Lord wasn’t able to bring them into the land he had promised them, and because he hated them, he brought them out to kill them in the wilderness.”