Genesis 43:1

Now the famine was still severe in the land.

Berean Standard Bible

In The King James Version

And the famine was sore in the land.

In Context

2So when Jacob’s sons had eaten all the grain they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, “Go back and buy us a little more food.”

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Cross References

Genesis 12:10Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe.

Genesis 41:54the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had said. And although there was famine in every country, there was food throughout the land of Egypt.

Genesis 41:57And every nation came to Joseph in Egypt to buy grain, because the famine was severe over all the earth.

Ecclesiastes 9:1So I took all this to heart and concluded that the righteous and the wise, as well as their deeds, are in God’s hands. Man does not know what lies ahead, whether love or hate.

Acts 7:11Then famine and great suffering swept across Egypt and Canaan, and our fathers could not find 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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