There was a famine in the land. Avram went down into Egypt to live as a foreigner there, for the famine was severe in the land.
Genesis 41:57 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) All countries came into Egypt, to Yosef, to buy grain, because the famine was severe in all the earth. 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. Avram went down into Egypt to live as a foreigner there, for the famine was severe in the land.
The seven years of famine began to come, just as Yosef had said. There was famine in all lands, but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.
The famine was over all the surface of the earth. Yosef opened all the store houses, and sold to the Egyptians. The famine was severe in the land of Egypt.
Now Ya`akov saw that there was grain in Egypt, and Ya`akov said to his sons, *Why do you look at one another?*
The sons of Yisra'el came to buy among those who came, for the famine was in the land of Kena`an.
Yosef was the governor over the land. It was he who sold to all the people of the land. Yosef's brothers came, and bowed themselves down to him with their faces to the earth.
Yosef gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Kena`an, for the grain which they bought: and Yosef brought the money into Par`oh's house.
As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save many people alive.
lest the land whence you brought us out say, Because the LORD was not able to bring them into the land which he promised to them, and because he hated them, he has brought them out to kill them in the wilderness.