Genesis 43:1

And the famine was sore in the land.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

And the famine was sore in the land.

In Context

2And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, that their father said unto them: 'Go again, buy us a little food.'

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Cross References

Genesis 12:10And there was a famine in the land; and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was sore in the land.

Genesis 41:54And the seven years of famine began to come, according as Joseph had said; and there was famine in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.

Genesis 41:57And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph to buy corn; because the famine was sore in all the earth.

Ecclesiastes 9:1For all this I laid to my heart, even to make clear all this: that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God; whether it be love or hatred, man knoweth it not; all is before them.

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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