And there was a famine in the land. And Abram went down into Egypt to stay there, for the famine was grievous in the land.
Genesis 41:57 - Modern King James Version And all the earth came into Egypt to buy, to Joseph, 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. |
And there was a famine in the land. And Abram went down into Egypt to stay there, for the famine was grievous in the land.
And the seven years of famine began to come, according as Joseph had said. And the famine was in all lands, but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.
And the famine was over all the face of the earth. And Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold to the Egyptians. And the famine was severe on the land of Egypt.
And when Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, Jacob said to his sons, Why do you look upon one another?
And the sons of Israel came to buy among those that came, for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
And Joseph was the potentate over the land. He was the one selling to all the people of the earth. And Joseph's brothers came and bowed down themselves before him, their faces to the earth.
And Joseph gathered up all the silver found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the grain which they bought. And Joseph brought the silver into Pharaoh's house.
But as for you, you thought evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save a great many people alive.
lest the land from where You bring us out say, Because Jehovah was not able to bring them into the land which He promised them, and because He hated them, He has brought them out to kill them in the wilderness.