The food will be a reserve for the land during the seven years of famine that will take place in the land of Egypt. Then the country will not be wiped out by the famine.’
Genesis 47:13 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised But there was no food in the entire region, for the famine was very severe. The land of Egypt and the land of Canaan were exhausted by the famine. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very sore, so that the land of Egypt and all the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition [In the course of time] there was no food in all the land, for the famine was distressingly severe, so that the land of Egypt and all the land of Canaan hung in doubt and wavered by reason of the hunger (destitution, starvation) of the famine. American Standard Version (1901) And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very sore, so that the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine. Common English Bible There was no food in the land because the famine was so severe. The land of Egypt and the land of Canaan dried up from the famine. Catholic Public Domain Version For in the whole world there was a lack of bread, and a famine had oppressed the land, most of all Egypt and Canaan, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For in the whole world there was want of bread, and a famine had oppressed the land: more especially of Egypt and Chanaan. |
The food will be a reserve for the land during the seven years of famine that will take place in the land of Egypt. Then the country will not be wiped out by the famine.’
Ahab said to Obadiah, ‘Go throughout the land to every spring and to every wadi. Perhaps we’ll find grass so we can keep the horses and mules alive and not have to destroy any cattle.’
Who is the person wise enough to understand this? Who has the Lord spoken to, that he may explain it? Why is the land destroyed and scorched like a wilderness, so that no one can pass through?
Those slain by the sword are better off than those slain by hunger, who waste away, pierced with pain because the fields lack produce.
Now a famine and great suffering came over all of Egypt and Canaan, and our ancestors could find no food.