Genesis 41:57

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And all lands sent to Egypt, to Joseph, to get grain, for the need was great over all the earth.

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  • Gen 42:5 : 5 And the sons of Israel came with all the others to get grain: for they were very short of food in the land of Canaan.
  • Gen 41:54 : 54 Then came the first of the seven years of need as Joseph had said: and in every other land they were short of food; but in the land of Egypt there was bread.
  • Gen 41:56 : 56 And everywhere on the earth they were short of food; then Joseph, opening all his store-houses, gave the people of Egypt grain for money; so great was the need of food in the land of Egypt.
  • Gen 42:1 : 1 Now Jacob, hearing that there was grain in Egypt, said to his sons, Why are you looking at one another?
  • Gen 50:20 : 20 As for you, it was in your mind to do me evil, but God has given a happy outcome, the salvation of numbers of people, as you see today.
  • Deut 9:28 : 28 Or it may be said in the land from which you have taken them, Because the Lord was not able to take them into the land which he said he would give them, and because of his hate for them, he has taken them out to put them to death in the waste land.
  • Ps 105:16-17 : 16 And he took away all food from the land, so that the people were without bread. 17 He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was given as a servant for a price:

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 41:53-56
    4 verses
    89%

    53 And so the seven good years in Egypt came to an end.

    54 Then came the first of the seven years of need as Joseph had said: and in every other land they were short of food; but in the land of Egypt there was bread.

    55 And when all the land of Egypt was in need of food, the people came crying to Pharaoh for bread; and Pharaoh said to the people, Go to Joseph, and whatever he says to you, do it.

    56 And everywhere on the earth they were short of food; then Joseph, opening all his store-houses, gave the people of Egypt grain for money; so great was the need of food in the land of Egypt.

  • Gen 42:5-6
    2 verses
    85%

    5 And the sons of Israel came with all the others to get grain: for they were very short of food in the land of Canaan.

    6 Now Joseph was ruler over all the land, and it was he who gave out the grain to all the people of the land; and Joseph's brothers came before him and went down on their faces to the earth.

  • Gen 47:12-15
    4 verses
    82%

    12 And Joseph took care of his father and his brothers and all his father's people, giving them food for the needs of their families.

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

    14 And all the money in Egypt and in the land of Canaan which had been given for grain, came into the hands of Joseph: and he put it in Pharaoh's house.

    15 And when all the money in Egypt and Canaan was gone, the Egyptians came to Joseph, and said, Give us bread; would you have us come to destruction before your eyes? for we have no more money.

  • Gen 43:1-2
    2 verses
    81%

    1 And when the grain which they had got in Egypt was all used up, their father said to them, Go again and get us a little food.

    2 And Judah said to him, The man said to us with an oath, You are not to come before me again without your brother.

  • Gen 47:18-20
    3 verses
    81%

    18 And when that year was ended, they came to him in the second year, and said, We may not keep it from our lord's knowledge that all our money is gone, and all the herds of cattle are my lord's; there is nothing more to give my lord but our bodies and our land;

    19 Are we to come to destruction before your eyes, we and our land? take us and our land and give us bread; and we and our land will be servants to Pharaoh; and give us seed so that we may have life and the land may not become waste.

    20 So Joseph got all the land in Egypt for Pharaoh; for every Egyptian gave up his land in exchange for food, because of their great need; so all the land became Pharaoh's.

  • Gen 41:35-36
    2 verses
    80%

    35 And let them get together all the food in those good years and make a store of grain under Pharaoh's control for the use of the towns, and let them keep it.

    36 And let that food be kept in store for the land till the seven bad years which are to come in Egypt; so that the land may not come to destruction through need of food.

  • Acts 7:11
    78%

    11 Now there was no food to be had in all Egypt and Canaan, and there was great trouble: and our fathers were not able to get food.

  • Gen 42:1-3
    3 verses
    78%

    1 Now Jacob, hearing that there was grain in Egypt, said to his sons, Why are you looking at one another?

    2 And he said, I have had news that there is grain in Egypt: go down there and get grain for us, so that life and not death may be ours.

    3 So Joseph's ten brothers went down to get grain from Egypt.

  • Gen 41:29-31
    3 verses
    77%

    29 Seven years are coming in which there will be great wealth of grain in Egypt;

    30 And after that will come seven years when there will not be enough food; and the memory of the good years will go from men's minds; and the land will be made waste by the bad years;

    31 And men will have no memory of the good time because of the need which will come after, for it will be very bitter.

  • Gen 41:47-48
    2 verses
    77%

    47 Now in the seven good years the earth gave fruit in masses.

    48 And Joseph got together all the food of those seven years, and made a store of food in the towns: the produce of the fields round every town was stored up in the town.

  • Gen 12:10
    74%

    10 And because there was little food to be had in that land, he went down into Egypt.