So when the famine had spread over all the land, Joseph opened all the storehouses and sold to the Egyptians, for the famine was severe in the land of Egypt.
Genesis 12:10 - English Standard Version 2016 Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there, for the famine was severe in the land. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Now there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down into Egypt to live temporarily, for the famine in the land was oppressive (intense and grievous). American Standard Version (1901) And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was sore in the land. Common English Bible When a famine struck the land, Abram went down toward Egypt to live as an immigrant since the famine was so severe in the land. Catholic Public Domain Version But a famine occurred in the land. And Abram descended to Egypt, to sojourn there. For famine prevailed over the land. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And there came a famine in the country. And Abram went down into Egypt, to sojourn there; for the famine was very grievous in the land. |
So when the famine had spread over all the land, Joseph opened all the storehouses and sold to the Egyptians, for the famine was severe in the land of Egypt.
Moreover, all the earth came to Egypt to Joseph to buy grain, because the famine was severe over all the earth.
Thus the sons of Israel came to buy among the others who came, for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
Now there was no food in all the land, for the famine was very severe, so that the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan languished by reason of the famine.
Now there was a famine in the days of David for three years, year after year. And David sought the face of the Lord. And the Lord said, “There is bloodguilt on Saul and on his house, because he put the Gibeonites to death.”
And Elisha came again to Gilgal when there was a famine in the land. And as the sons of the prophets were sitting before him, he said to his servant, “Set on the large pot, and boil stew for the sons of the prophets.”
And there was a great famine in Samaria, as they besieged it, until a donkey’s head was sold for eighty shekels of silver, and the fourth part of a kab of dove’s dung for five shekels of silver.
a fruitful land into a salty waste, because of the evil of its inhabitants.
Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all.
I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.”
strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them to continue in the faith, and saying that through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God.
Now there came a famine throughout all Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction, and our fathers could find no food.
In the days when the judges ruled there was a famine in the land, and a man of Bethlehem in Judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he and his wife and his two sons.