Genesis 41:55

KJV1611 – Modern English

When all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread. Then Pharaoh said to all the Egyptians, Go to Joseph; whatever he says to you, do.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    When all Egypt began to feel the famine, the people cried out to Pharaoh for food. Pharaoh told all the Egyptians, 'Go to Joseph and do whatever he tells you.'

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And when all the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714} was famished,{H7456} the people{H5971} cried{H6817} to Pharaoh{H6547} for bread:{H3899} and Pharaoh{H6547} said{H559} unto all the Egyptians,{H4714} Go{H3212} unto Joseph;{H3130} what he saith{H559} to you, do.{H6213}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And when all the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714} was famished{H7456}{(H8799)}, the people{H5971} cried{H6817}{(H8799)} to Pharaoh{H6547} for bread{H3899}: and Pharaoh{H6547} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto all the Egyptians{H4714}, Go{H3212}{(H8798)} unto Joseph{H3130}; what he saith{H559}{(H8799)} to you, do{H6213}{(H8799)}.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    When now all the lande of Egipte began to hunger than cried the people to Pharao for bread. And Pharao sayde vnto all Egipte: goo vnto Ioseph and what he sayth to you that doo

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Now 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.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    At the length all the lande of Egypt was affamished, and the people cryed to Pharaoh for bread; Pharaoh said vnto all the Egyptians, Goe to Ioseph: what he sayth to you, doe ye.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And when the lande of Egypt also began to hunger, the people cryed to Pharao for bread. And Pharao sayde vnto al the Egyptians, go vnto Ioseph: and what he sayeth to you, that do.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    When all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread, and Pharaoh said to all the Egyptians, "Go to Joseph. What he says to you, do."

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and all the land of Egypt is famished, and the people crieth unto Pharaoh for bread, and Pharaoh saith to all the Egyptians, `Go unto Joseph; that which he saith to you -- do.'

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    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.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    When all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread, and Pharaoh said to all the Egyptians, "Go to Joseph. What he says to you, do."

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    When all the land of Egypt experienced the famine, the people cried out to Pharaoh for food. Pharaoh said to all the people of Egypt,“Go to Joseph and do whatever he tells you.”

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 41:40-41 : 40 You shall be over my house, and all my people shall be ruled according to your word; only in regard to the throne will I be greater than you. 41 And Pharaoh said to Joseph, See, I have set you over all the land of Egypt.
  • 2 Kgs 6:25-29 : 25 And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until a donkey's head was sold for eighty pieces of silver, and a quarter of a cab of dove's dung for five pieces of silver. 26 And as the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried to him, saying, Help, my lord, O king. 27 And he said, If the LORD does not help you, how shall I help you? from the threshing floor, or from the winepress? 28 And the king said to her, What troubles you? And she answered, This woman said to me, Give your son, that we may eat him today, and we will eat my son tomorrow. 29 So we boiled my son, and did eat him: and I said to her on the next day, Give your son, that we may eat him: and she has hidden her son.
  • Ps 105:20-22 : 20 The king sent and released him; even the ruler of the people, and let him go free. 21 He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his possessions: 22 To bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his elders wisdom.
  • Jer 14:1-6 : 1 The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought. 2 Judah mourns, and its gates languish; they are in mourning on the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem has gone up. 3 And their nobles have sent their little ones to the water; they came to the wells and found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads. 4 Because the ground is cracked, for there was no rain on the earth, the farmers were ashamed, they covered their heads. 5 Even the deer gave birth in the field, and abandoned it, because there was no grass. 6 And the wild donkeys stood on the high places, they sniffed the wind like jackals; their eyes failed because there was no grass.
  • Lam 4:3-9 : 3 Even the sea monsters draw out the breast, they give suck to their young ones; the daughter of my people has become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness. 4 The tongue of the nursing child clings to the roof of his mouth for thirst; the young children ask for bread, and no one breaks it for them. 5 Those who ate delicacies are desolate in the streets; those who were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills. 6 For the punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the punishment of the sin of Sodom, that was overthrown in a moment, and no hands stayed on her. 7 Her Nazirites were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk; they were more ruddy in body than rubies, their appearance was like sapphire. 8 Their appearance is blacker than coal; they are not recognized in the streets; their skin clings to their bones; it has withered, it has become like a stick. 9 Those slain by the sword are better than those who die by hunger; for these waste away, stricken for want of the fruits of the field. 10 The hands of the compassionate women have cooked their own children; they were their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people.
  • Matt 3:17 : 17 And behold, a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
  • Matt 17:5 : 5 While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; listen to him.
  • John 1:14-16 : 14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. 15 John bore witness of him, and cried out, saying, This was he of whom I said, He who comes after me is preferred before me, for he was before me. 16 And of his fullness we have all received, and grace for grace.
  • Phil 4:19 : 19 But my God shall supply all your needs according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
  • Col 1:19 : 19 For it pleased the Father that in him all fullness should dwell;

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • 54 And the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had said. The famine was in all lands, but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.

  • Gen 41:56-57
    2 verses
    83%

    56 The famine was over all the face of the earth; and Joseph opened all the storehouses and sold to the Egyptians. The famine became severe in the land of Egypt.

    57 All countries came into Egypt to Joseph to buy grain, because the famine was so severe in all the lands.

  • Gen 47:12-16
    5 verses
    82%

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

    13 And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very severe, so that the land of Egypt and all the land of Canaan languished because of the famine.

    14 And 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.

    15 And when money failed in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came to Joseph, and said, Give us bread: for why should we die in your presence? for the money fails.

    16 And Joseph said, Give your cattle; and I will give you bread for your cattle, if money fails.

  • Gen 45:17-18
    2 verses
    80%

    17 And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Say to your brothers, Do this: load your animals and go, get to the land of Canaan.

    18 And take your father and your households and come to me; and I will give you the best of the land of Egypt, and you shall eat the fat of the land.

  • Gen 41:35-36
    2 verses
    78%

    35 Let them gather all the food of those good years that are coming, and store up grain under Pharaoh's authority, and let them keep food in the cities.

    36 This food shall be in reserve for the land for the seven years of famine which shall be in the land of Egypt, that the land may not perish during the famine.

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

  • 9 Hurry and go up to my father, and say to him, Thus says your son Joseph, God has made me lord of all Egypt; come down to me, do not delay.

  • Gen 43:1-2
    2 verses
    77%

    1 And the famine was severe in the land.

    2 And it came to pass, when they had consumed the grain they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, Go again, buy us a little food.

  • 5 And Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, saying, Your father and your brothers have come to you:

  • Gen 47:19-20
    2 verses
    76%

    19 Why shall we die before your eyes, both we and our land? Buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants to Pharaoh: and give us seed, that we may live, and not die, that the land be not desolate.

    20 And Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for the Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine prevailed over them: so the land became Pharaoh's.

  • Gen 42:5-6
    2 verses
    76%

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

    6 And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was who sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph's brothers came, and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the ground.

  • 41 And Pharaoh said to Joseph, See, I have set you over all the land of Egypt.

  • 16 Moreover, he called for a famine upon the land: he broke the whole support of bread.

  • 44 Pharaoh also said to Joseph, I am Pharaoh, and without your consent no man may lift his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt.

  • 30 But after them seven years of famine will arise, and all the abundance will be forgotten in the land of Egypt, and the famine will consume the land.

  • 2 And he wept aloud, and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh heard.

  • 46 Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh and traveled throughout all the land of Egypt.

  • 11 Now there came a famine over all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction; and our fathers found no sustenance.