Genesis 47:13

For in the whole world there was want of bread, and a famine had op- pressed the land: more especially of Egypt and Chanaan.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very sore, so that the land of Egypt and all the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine.

In Context

12And he nourished them, and all his father's house, allowing food to every one.

14Out of which he gathered up all the money for the corn which they bought, and brought it into the king's treasure.

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Cross References

Genesis 41:30Behold, there shall come seven years of great plenty in the whole land of Egypt:

1 Kings 18:5And Achab said to Abdias: Go into the land unto all fountains of waters, and into all valleys, to see if we can find grass, and save the horses and mules, that the beasts may not utterly perish.

Jeremiah 14:1The Word of the Lord that came to Jeremias concerning the words of the drought.

Lamentations 4:9Teth. It was better with them that were slain by the sword, than with them that died with hunger: for these pined away being consumed for want of the fruits of the earth.

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 47:2-13

Pharaoh's Generosity; Jacob Presented to Pharaoh. ( b. c. 1706.) 1 Then Joseph came and told Pharaoh, and said, My father and my brethren, and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have, are come out of the land of Canaan; and, behold, they are in the land of Goshen. 2 And he took some of his brethren, even five men, and presented them unto Pharaoh. 3 And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What is your occupation? And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both we, and also our fathers. 4 They… Read the whole commentary →

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