Genesis 43:1

The famine continued to be really bad in Canaan,

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And the famine was sore in the land.

In Context

2so once they had finished the grain they'd brought from Egypt, their father told them, “You have to go back and buy some more grain for us.”

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Cross References

Genesis 12:10But the land had been hit by famine. So Abram continued on to Egypt, planning to live there because the famine was so bad.

Genesis 41:54and the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had said. There was famine in all the other countries but the whole of Egypt had food.

Genesis 41:57in fact the famine was very bad everywhere, so people from other countries all around came to Egypt to buy grain from Joseph.

Ecclesiastes 9:1I had my mind consider all this. Wise and good people and everything they do are in God's hands. Love or hate—who knows what will happen to them?

Acts 7:11Now a famine occurred throughout Egypt and Canaan. It caused terrible misery, and our forefathers had 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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