Genesis 43:1

American Standard Version (1901)

And the famine was sore in the land.

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  • Gen 12:10 : 10 And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was sore in the land.
  • Gen 18:13 : 13 And Jehovah said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, who am old?
  • Gen 41:54-57 : 54 And the seven years of famine began to come, according as Joseph had said: and there was famine in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread. 55 And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread: and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians, Go unto Joseph; what he saith to you, do. 56 And the famine was over all the face of the earth: and Joseph opened all the store-houses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and the famine was sore in the land of Egypt. 57 And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph to buy grain, because the famine was sore in all the earth.
  • Gen 42:5 : 5 And the sons of Israel came to buy among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
  • Eccl 9:1-2 : 1 For all this I laid to my heart, even to explore all this: that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God; whether it be love or hatred, man knoweth it not; all is before them. 2 All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth and to him that sacrificeth not; as is the good, so is the sinner; [and] he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.
  • Lam 5:10 : 10 Our skin is black like an oven, Because of the burning heat of famine.
  • Acts 7:11-13 : 11 Now there came a famine over all Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance. 12 But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent forth our fathers the first time. 13 And at the second time Joseph was made known to his brethren; and Joseph's race became manifest unto Pharaoh.

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  • Gen 43:2
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    2And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the grain which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food.

  • Gen 47:12-15
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    84%

    12And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father's household, with bread, according to their families.

    13And 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.

    14And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the grain which they bought: and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh's house.

    15And when the money was all spent in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto Joseph, and said, Give us bread: for why should we die in thy presence? for [our] money faileth.

  • Gen 41:53-57
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    53And the seven years of plenty, that was in the land of Egypt, came to an end.

    54And the seven years of famine began to come, according as Joseph had said: and there was famine in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.

    55And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread: and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians, Go unto Joseph; what he saith to you, do.

    56And the famine was over all the face of the earth: and Joseph opened all the store-houses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and the famine was sore in the land of Egypt.

    57And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph to buy grain, because the famine was sore in all the earth.

  • Acts 7:11-12
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    81%

    11Now there came a famine over all Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.

    12But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent forth our fathers the first time.

  • Gen 42:5
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    5And the sons of Israel came to buy among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.

  • Gen 41:29-31
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    29Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt:

    30and there shall arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine shall consume the land;

    31and the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine which followeth; for it shall be very grievous.

  • Gen 41:36
    78%

    36And the food shall be for a store to the land against the seven years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; that the land perish not through the famine.

  • Gen 12:10
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    10And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was sore in the land.

  • Gen 44:25
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    25And our father said, Go again, buy us a little food.

  • Gen 42:1-3
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    76%

    1Now Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, and Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?

    2And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt: get you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die.

    3And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy grain from Egypt.

  • Gen 45:6
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    6For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and there are yet five years, in which there shall be neither plowing nor harvest.

  • Gen 26:1
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    1And there was a famine in the land, besides the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines, unto Gerar.

  • Gen 43:20
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    20and said, Oh, my lord, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food:

  • Ps 105:16
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    16And he called for a famine upon the land; He brake the whole staff of bread.

  • Luke 15:14
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    14And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that country; and he began to be in want.

  • Gen 47:4
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    4And they said unto Pharaoh, To sojourn in the land are we come; for there is no pasture for thy servants' flocks; for the famine is sore in the land of Canaan: now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen.

  • Gen 43:4
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    4If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy thee food:

  • Gen 42:33
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    33And the man, the lord of the land, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye are true men: leave one of your brethren with me, and take [grain for] the famine of your houses, and go your way;

  • Gen 47:18-19
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    72%

    18And when that year was ended, they came unto him the second year, and said unto him, We will not hide from my lord, how that our money is all spent; and the herds of cattle are my lord's; there is nought left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands:

    19wherefore should we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh: and give us seed, that we may live, and not die, and that the land be not desolate.

  • Gen 45:11
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    11and there will I nourish thee; for there are yet five years of famine; lest thou come to poverty, thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast.

  • Jer 14:1
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    1The word of Jehovah that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought.

  • Gen 45:18
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    18and take your father and your households, and come unto me: and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat of the land.

  • Gen 42:29
    71%

    29And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, and told him all that had befallen them, saying,