Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to live as an outsider there, because the famine was severe in the land.
Genesis 41:57 - Tree of Life Version Yet the whole world came to Egypt to buy grain—to Joseph—because the famine was severe in the whole world. 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. |
Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to live as an outsider there, because the famine was severe in the land.
and the seven years of famine started to come—just as Joseph had said. So there was famine in all the lands, but in the whole land of Egypt there was bread.
The famine was over all the entire land, so Joseph opened up all that was among them and sold grain to Egypt. Then the famine became severe in the land of Egypt.
Now Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, so Jacob said to his sons, “Why are you looking at each other?”
The sons of Israel went to buy grain among the others who were coming, because the famine was in the land of Canaan.
Now Joseph was the ruler over the land. He was the provider of grain for all the people of the earth.
Joseph collected all the money that could be found in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan for the grain that they bought, and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh’s house.
Yes, you yourselves planned evil against me. God planned it for good, in order to bring about what it is this day—to preserve the lives of many people.
Otherwise the land from which You brought us out may say, “Because Adonai was not able to bring them into the land that He spoke of to them, and because He hated them, He has brought them out to kill them in the wilderness.”