Genesis 47:13

No food was left in the whole country because the famine had become so bad. Throughout Egypt and Canaan people were starving.

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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

12He also provided food for all of them—his father, his brothers, and his father's whole household—depending on family size.

14By selling grain Joseph collected all the money in Egypt and Canaan, and placed it in Pharaoh's treasury.

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Cross References

Genesis 41:30But after them will come seven years of famine. People will forget the time when there was plenty of food throughout Egypt. Famine will ruin the country.

1 Kings 18:5Ahab told Obadiah, “Go throughout the country and check all the springs and valleys. Perhaps we can find some grass to keep the horses and mules alive so we will not lose any of the animals.”

Jeremiah 14:1This is a message from the Lord that came to Jeremiah regarding the drought:

Lamentations 4:9Those killed by the sword are better off than those who die of hunger, who slowly waste away in agony because the fields produce no crops.

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