Genesis 43:1 “Now the famine was still severe in the land.”

Genesis 43:1

Now the famine was still severe in the land.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And the famine was sore in the land.

World English Bible

The famine was severe in the land.

American Standard Version

And the famine was sore in the land.

Geneva Bible 1599

Now great famine was in the land.

Darby Translation

And the famine was grievous in the land.

Young's Literal Translation

And the famine [is] severe in the land;

Bible in Basic English

Now the land was in bitter need of food.

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Cross references

“And the famine was sore in the land.”

Genesis 18:13 Genesis 41:54–57 Genesis 42:5 Lamentations 5:10 Acts 7:11–13 Ecclesiastes 9:1

Genesis 18:13 · BSB

And the LORD asked Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Can I really bear a child when I am old?’

Genesis 41:54–57 · BSB

the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had said. And although there was famine in every country, there was food throughout the land of Egypt.

Genesis 42:5 · BSB

So the sons of Israel were among those who came to buy grain, since the famine had also spread to the land of Canaan.

Lamentations 5:10 · BSB

Our skin is as hot as an oven with fever from our hunger.

Acts 7:11–13 · BSB

Then famine and great suffering swept across Egypt and Canaan, and our fathers could not find food.

Ecclesiastes 9:1 · BSB

So I took all this to heart and concluded that the righteous and the wise, as well as their deeds, are in God’s hands. Man does not know what lies ahead, whether love or hate.

Also

Genesis 12:10

Genesis 12:10 · BSB

Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2So when Jacob’s sons had eaten all the grain they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, “Go back and buy us a little more food.”

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