The food will be for a store to the land against the seven years of famine, which will be in the land of Egypt; that the land not perish through the famine.*
Genesis 47:13 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) There was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very severe, so that the land of Egypt and the land of Kena`an fainted by reason of 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 for a store to the land against the seven years of famine, which will be in the land of Egypt; that the land not perish through the famine.*
Ach'av said to `Ovadyah 1, Go through the land, to all the springs of water, and to all the brooks: peradventure we may find grass and save the horses and mules alive, that we not lose all the animals.
Who is the wise man, that may understand this? and [who is] he to whom the mouth of the LORD has spoken, that he may declare it? why is the land perished and burned up like a wilderness, so that none passes through?
Those who are killed with the sword are better than those who are killed with hunger; For these pine away, stricken through, for want of the fruits of the field.
Now a famine came over all the land of Egypt and Kena`an, and great affliction. Our fathers found no food.