Genesis 43:1

But the famine prevailed in the land.

Targum Onkelos

In The King James Version

And the famine was sore in the land.

In Context

2And it was when they had ended to eat the corn which they had brought from Mizraim, that their father said to them, Return, and buy for us a little corn.

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Cross References

Genesis 12:10And there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down to Mizraim, to sojourn there, because the famine was strong in the land.

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

Genesis 41:57And all the inhabitants of the earth came into Mizraim to buy corn of Joseph, because the famine was mighty in all the earth.

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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