Genesis 41:56

So when the famine was universal throughout the earth, Joseph opened all the storehouses and sold food to the Egyptians: but the famine was severe in the land of Egypt.

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In The King James Version

And the famine was over all the face of the earth: and Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and the famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt.

In Context

55for when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread, and Pharaoh said to all the Egyptians, “Go to Joseph and do what he tells you.”

57The peoples of all lands came to Joseph in Egypt to buy grain, for the famine was severe throughout the world.

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Cross References

Genesis 41:35Let them gather all the food of these good years that come and store the grain under the authority of Pharaoh, and let them hold it for food in the cities.

Genesis 43:1The famine was severe in the land;

Luke 21:35For it will come on all who are living upon the face of the whole earth.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 41:47-57

The Famine in Egypt and Canaan. ( b. c. 1706.) 46 And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt. 47 And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls. 48 And he gathered up all the food of the seven years, which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities: the food of the field, which was round about every city, laid he up in the same. 49 And Joseph gathered… Read the whole commentary →

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