Verse 57

And people from all the surrounding lands came to Egypt to buy grain from Joseph, because the famine was severe in all the lands.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 42:5 : 5 So the sons of Israel came to buy grain, along with others who were coming, for the famine was also in the land of Canaan.
  • Gen 41:54 : 54 Then the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had said. There was famine in every land, but in all the land of Egypt there was food.
  • Gen 41:56 : 56 The famine was severe over the entire land. Joseph opened all the storehouses and sold grain to the Egyptians, for the famine grew more severe throughout Egypt.
  • Gen 42:1 : 1 When Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, 'Why are you standing around looking at each other?'
  • Gen 50:20 : 20 You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done—the saving of many lives.
  • Deut 9:28 : 28 Otherwise, the land from which you brought us out will say, "The LORD was not able to bring them into the land he promised them, and because he hated them, he brought them out to kill them in the wilderness."
  • Ps 105:16-17 : 16 He called famine upon the land; He broke the supply of bread. 17 He sent a man ahead of them—Joseph, who was sold as a slave.