Genesis 41:56

Forsothe hungur encreesside ech dai in al the lond, and Joseph openyde alle the bernys, and seelde to Egipcians, for also hungur oppresside hem;

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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

55and whanne that lond hungride, the puple criede to Farao, and axide metis; to whiche he answeride, Go ye to Joseph, and do ye what euer thing he seith to you.

57and alle prouynces camen in to Egipt to bie metis, and to abate the yuel of nedynesse.

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Cross References

Genesis 41:35that schulen come now; and al the wheete be kept vndur the power of Farao, + 41:35 that is, not bi violence nether bi fre yifte, but bi biyng and paiyng of priys. and be it kept in citees,

Genesis 43:1In the meene tyme hungur oppresside greetli al the lond;

Luke 21:35that sitten on the face of al erthe.

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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