Genesis 47:13 “There was no food, however, in all that region, because the famine was…”

Genesis 47:13

There was no food, however, in all that region, because the famine was so severe; the lands of Egypt and Canaan had been exhausted by the famine.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

There was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very severe, so that the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine.

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

Now there was no bread in all the land: for the famine was exceeding sore: so that the land of Egypt, and the land of Canaan were famished by reason of the famine.

Darby Translation

And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very grievous; and the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan were exhausted through the famine.

Young's Literal Translation

And there is no bread in all the land, for the famine [is] very grievous, and the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan are feeble because of the famine;

Bible in Basic English

Now there was no food to be had in all the land, so that all Egypt and Canaan were wasted from need of food.

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Cross references

“A. M. 2300. B.C. 1704. so that”

Acts 7:11 1 Kings 18:5 Jeremiah 14:1–6 Lamentations 4:9 Genesis 41:30 Genesis 41:31

Acts 7:11 · BSB

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

1 Kings 18:5 · BSB

Then Ahab said to Obadiah, “Go throughout the land to every spring and every valley. Perhaps we will find grass to keep the horses and mules alive so that we will not have to destroy any livestock.”

Jeremiah 14:1–6 · BSB

This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought:

Lamentations 4:9 · BSB

Those slain by the sword are better off than those who die of hunger, who waste away, pierced with pain because the fields lack produce.

Genesis 41:30 · BSB

but seven years of famine will follow them. Then all the abundance in the land of Egypt will be forgotten, and the famine will devastate the land.

Genesis 41:31 · BSB

The abundance in the land will not be remembered, since the famine that follows it will be so severe.

“fainted”

Jeremiah 9:12 Joel 1:10–12

Jeremiah 9:12 · BSB

Who is the man wise enough to understand this? To whom has the mouth of the LORD spoken, that he may explain it? Why is the land destroyed and scorched like a desert, so no one can pass through it?

Joel 1:10–12 · BSB

The field is ruined; the land mourns. For the grain is destroyed, the new wine is dried up, and the oil fails.

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

In context

12Joseph also provided his father and brothers and all his father’s household with food for their families.

14Joseph collected all the money to be found in the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan in exchange for the grain they were buying, and he brought it into Pharaoh’s palace.

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