Genesis 43:1

In the mean time the famine was heavy upon all the land.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And the famine was sore in the land.

In Context

2And when they had eaten up all the corn, which they had brought out of Egypt, Jacob said to his sons: Go again and buy us a little food.

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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 41:54Now when the seven years of the plenty that had been in Egypt were past:

Genesis 41:57And 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.

Ecclesiastes 9:1All these things have I considered in my heart, that I might carefully understand them: there are just men and wise men, and their works are in the hand of God: and yet man knoweth not whether he be worthy of love, or hatred:

Acts 7:11Now there came a famine upon all Egypt and Chanaan, and great tribulation; and our fathers found no food.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 43:1

Here the story of Joseph's brethren is carried on, and very particularly related. I. Their melancholy parting with their father Jacob in Canaan, ver. 1-14 . II. Their pleasant meeting with Joseph in Egypt, ver. 15 , &c. For on this occasion nothing occurs there but what is agreeable and pleasant. Read the whole commentary →

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