Genesis 41:55

And when kol Eretz Mitzrayim was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for lechem; and Pharaoh said unto kol Mitzrayim, Go unto Yosef; what he saith to you, do.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread: and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians, Go unto Joseph; what he saith to you, do.

In Context

54And the sheva shnei hara'av began to come, just as Yosef had said; and the ra'av was in all lands; but in kol Eretz Mitzrayim there was lechem.

56And the ra'av (famine) was over kol pnei ha'aretz; and Yosef opened all that was in them, and sold unto the Mitzrayim; and the ra'av (famine) became severe in Eretz Mitzrayim.

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Cross References

Genesis 41:40Thou shalt be over my bais (palace), and according unto thy mouth shall all my people order themselves; only with respect to the kisse will I be greater than thou.

2 Kings 6:26And as Melech Yisroel was passing by upon the chomah (wall), there cried out an isha unto him, saying, Hoshi'a (save), adoni HaMelech!

Jeremiah 14:1The Davar Hashem that came to Yirmeyah concerning the batzorot (droughts). 1

Matthew 3:17And, hinei, a bat kol (a voice from heaven) came out of Shomayim, saying, ZEH BNI AHUVI ASHER BO CHAFATZTI (This is my Son, the beloved, with whom I am well pleased).

John 1:14And the Dvar Hashem did mitgashem (become bodily) and made his Sukkah, his Mishkan (Tabernacle) among us, + 1:14 Isa 7:14 and we + 1:14 Shlichim, 1Y 1:1-2 gazed upon his Shekhinah, + 1:14 Ex 33:18; 40:34; Isa 60:1-2 the Shekhinah of the Ben Yachid from Elohim HaAv, full of Hashemʼs Chesed v'Emes.

Colossians 1:19Because Hashem was pleased that all His fullness have its mishkan (tabernacle) in Moshiach,

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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