Genesis 43:1

KJV1611 – Modern English

And the famine was severe 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 stay there; for the famine was severe in the land.
  • Gen 18:13 : 13 And the LORD said to Abraham, Why did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I surely bear a child, since I am old?
  • Gen 41:54-57 : 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. 55 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. 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 42:5 : 5 And the sons of Israel came to buy grain among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
  • Eccl 9:1-2 : 1 For all this I considered in my heart, even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God. No one knows either love or hatred by all that 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 sacrifices, and to him that does not sacrifice; as is the good, so is the sinner; and he who swears, as he who fears an oath.
  • Lam 5:10 : 10 Our skin is black as an oven because of the terrible famine.
  • Acts 7:11-13 : 11 Now there came a famine over all the land of 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 out our fathers first. 13 And at the second time Joseph was made known to his brothers; and Joseph's family was made known to Pharaoh.

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    2And 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.

  • Gen 47:12-15
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    12And Joseph nourished his father, and his brothers, 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 severe, so that the land of Egypt and all the land of Canaan languished because 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 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.

  • Gen 41:53-57
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    53The seven years of abundance which were in the land of Egypt ended.

    54And 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.

    55When 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.

    56The 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.

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

  • Acts 7:11-12
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    11Now there came a famine over all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction; and our fathers found no sustenance.

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

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

  • Gen 41:29-31
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    29Seven years of great abundance will come throughout all the land of Egypt.

    30But 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.

    31The abundance in the land will not be known because of the famine that will follow, for it will be very severe.

  • Gen 41:36
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    36This 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.

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    10And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to stay there; for the famine was severe in the land.

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

  • Gen 42:1-3
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    1Now when Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, Jacob said to his sons, Why do you look at one another?

    2And 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.

    3And Joseph's ten brothers went down to buy grain in Egypt.

  • Gen 45:6
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    6For these two years the famine has been in the land, and there are still five years in which there will 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 to Abimelech king of the Philistines to Gerar.

  • Gen 43:20
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    20And said, O sir, we indeed came down the first time to buy food:

  • Ps 105:16
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    16Moreover, he called for a famine upon the land: he broke the whole support of bread.

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    14And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want.

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    4They said moreover to Pharaoh, We have come to sojourn in the land; for your servants have no pasture for their flocks, for the famine is severe in the land of Canaan: now therefore, we pray you, let your servants dwell in the land of Goshen.

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    4If you will send our brother with us, we will go down and buy you food:

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    33And the man, the lord of the country, said to us, Hereby shall I know that you are honest men; leave one of your brothers here with me, and take food for the famine of your households, and be gone:

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    18When that year ended, they came to him the second year, and said to him, We will not hide it from my lord, that our money is spent; my lord also has our herds of cattle; there is nothing left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies and our lands:

    19Why 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.

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    11And there I will provide for you; for there are still five years of famine, lest you and your household and all that you have come to poverty.

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    1The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought.

  • Gen 45:18
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    18And 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 42:29
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    29And they came to Jacob their father in the land of Canaan, and told him all that had happened to them; saying,