Genesis 41:57
And the famine increased daily in all the land: and Joseph opened all the barns, and sold to the Egyptians: for the famine had oppressed them also.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
58And all provinces came into Egypt, to buy food, and to seek some relief of their want.
Cross References
Genesis 12:10And there came a famine in the country; and Abram went down into Egypt, to sojourn there: for the famine was very grievous in the land.
Genesis 41:56And when there also they began to be famished, the people cried to Pharao for food. And he said to them: Go to Joseph: and do all that he shall say to you.
Genesis 42:5And they entered into the land of Egypt with others that went to buy. For the famine was in the land of Chanaan.
Genesis 43:1In the mean time the famine was heavy upon all the land.
Genesis 50:20You thought evil against me: but God turned it into good, that he might exalt me, as at present you see, and might save many people.
Psalms 105:16And he called a famine upon the land: and he broke in pieces all the support of bread.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 41:47-57
The Famine in Egypt and Canaan. ( b. c. 1706.) 46 And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt. 47 And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls. 48 And he gathered up all the food of the seven years, which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities: the food of the field, which was round about every city, laid he up in the same. 49 And Joseph gathered… Read the whole commentary →