Genesis 43:1

The famine was severe in the land;

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And the famine was sore in the land.

In Context

2and when Joseph’s brothers had eaten all the grain which they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, “Go again, and buy us some more grain.”

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Cross References

Genesis 12:10There was a famine in the land, so Abram went down to Egypt to live there; because the famine was severe in the land.

Genesis 41:54the seven years of famine began, as Joseph had said; and there was famine in all lands, but throughout the land of Egypt there was food,

Genesis 41:57The peoples of all lands came to Joseph in Egypt to buy grain, for the famine was severe throughout the world.

Acts 7:11Then a famine spread over the whole of Egypt and Canaan, causing great distress, and our ancestors could find 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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