Genesis 42:5

Coverdale Bible (1535)

So ye childre of Israel came to bye corne, amonge other yt came wt them: for there was derth also in ye lande of Canaan.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 12:10 : 10 But there came a derth in the londe. Then wente Abram downe in to Egipte to kepe himself there as a straunger, for the derth was sore in the londe.
  • Gen 41:57 : 57 & all countrees came to Egipte to bye at Ioseph: for the derth was mightie in all landes.
  • Acts 7:11 : 11 But there came a derth ouer all the londe of Egipte and Canaan, and a greate trouble, and oure fathers founde no sustenaunce.
  • Gen 26:1 : 1 There came a derth in the londe, passynge the other that was in Abrahams tyme. And Isaac wente to Gerar, vnto Abimelech the kynge of ye Philistynes.
  • Acts 11:28 : 28 And one of them (whose name was Agabus) stode vp, and declared by the sprete a greate derth, that shulde come ouer the whole compasse of the earth: which came to passe vnder the Emperoure Claudius.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 42:1-3
    3 verses
    86%

    1Whan Iacob sawe that there was moch corne in Egipte, he sayde vnto his sonnes: Why gape ye?

    2Beholde, I heare that there is moch corne in Egipte, go downe & bye vs corne, yt we maie lyue, & not dye.

    3So Iosephs ten brethre wente downe to bye corne in Egipte.

  • Gen 41:54-57
    4 verses
    85%

    54then beganne the seuen deare yeares to come, wherof Ioseph had sayde. And there was derth in all landes, but in all the lade of Egipte there was foode.

    55Now whan the lande of Egipte beganne to suffre honger also, the people cryed vnto Pharao for bred. But Pharao sayde vnto all ye Egipcians: Go vnto Ioseph, what he sayeth vnto you, yt doo.

    56So whan there was derth in all ye lade, Ioseph opened all yt was by him, & solde vnto the Egipcians. Thus ye derth preuayled in the lande,

    57& all countrees came to Egipte to bye at Ioseph: for the derth was mightie in all landes.

  • Gen 42:6-7
    2 verses
    83%

    6But Ioseph was gouernoure in the lande, and solde corne vnto all the people in the lande. Now wha his brethre came to him, they fell downe to the grounde before him vpon their faces.

    7And he sawe them, & knewe the, and helde him self straunge towarde them, and talked roughly with them, and saide vnto them: Whence come ye? They sayde: Out of the lande of Canaan to bye vytayle.

  • Gen 43:1-2
    2 verses
    81%

    1Bvt the derth oppressed ye lande.

    2And whan all the vytales that they had brought out of Egipte were spent, Iacob their father sayde vnto them: Go agayne, and bye vs a litle foode.

  • Gen 42:10
    78%

    10They answered him: No my lorde, thy seruauntes are come to bye vytayle:

  • Gen 47:13-15
    3 verses
    77%

    13There was no bred in all the londe, for the derth was very sore: so yt the lande of Egipte & the lande of Canaan were fameshed by ye reason of the derth.

    14And Ioseph brought together all the money that was founde in Egipte and Canaan, for ye corne that they bought. And he layed vp all the money in Pharaos house.

    15Now whan money fayled in the lande of Egipte and Canaan, all the Egipcians came vnto Ioseph, & saide: Geue vs bred. Why suffrest thou vs to dye before ye, because weare without money?

  • Acts 7:11-12
    2 verses
    77%

    11But there came a derth ouer all the londe of Egipte and Canaan, and a greate trouble, and oure fathers founde no sustenaunce.

    12But Iacob herde that there was corne in Egipte, and sent oure fathers out the first tyme.

  • Gen 43:20
    75%

    20and sayde: Syr, we came downe at the first to bye foode,

  • Gen 45:4
    75%

    4But he sayde: Come nye vnto me. And they came nye. And he sayde: I am Ioseph youre brother. whom ye solde in to Egipte.

  • Gen 45:6
    75%

    6For these are now two yeares, that ye derth hath bene in the lande, and there are yet fyue yeares behynde, wherin there shalbe no plowinge ner haruest.

  • Gen 47:4
    74%

    4And they sayde morouer vnto Pharao: We are come to dwell with you in the lande, for yi seruautes haue no pasture for their catell, so sore doth the derth oppresse the lande of Canaan. Now therfore let yi seruauntes dwell in the lande of Gosen.

  • Gen 41:36
    74%

    36and kepe it, yt there maye be foode founde prepared for the lande in the seuen deare yeares, which shall come vpon the lande of Egipte, that the lande be not destroyed of honger.

  • Gen 47:19-20
    2 verses
    74%

    19Wherfore suffrest thou both vs to dye, and oure londe? Take vs and oure lade for bred, that we and oure lande maye be bonde vnto Pharao: geue vs sede, that we maye lyue and not dye, & yt the lande become not a wildernesse.

    20So Ioseph toke all the lande of Egipte in for Pharao: for the Egipcians solde euery man his lande, because ye derth was so mightie vpon them: and so the lode became Pharaos,

  • Gen 43:15
    74%

    15Then they toke the present, and other money with them, and Ben Iamin, gat the vp, and wente in to Egipte, and stode before Ioseph.

  • Gen 47:1
    74%

    1Then came Ioseph, and tolde Pharao & sayde: My father and my brethren, their small & greate catell, & all yt they haue, are come out of ye lande of Canaan: