Genesis 43:1
In the meene tyme hungur oppresside greetli al the lond;
Wycliffe (portions)
In The King James Version
And the famine was sore in the land.
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 12:10Sotheli hungur was maad in the lond; and Abram yede doun in to Egipt, to be a pilgrime ther, for hungur hadde maistrie in the lond.
Genesis 41:54seuene yeer of pouert bigunnen to come, whiche Joseph bifore seide, and hungur hadde the maistri in al the world; also hungur was in al the lond of Egipt;
Genesis 41:57and alle prouynces camen in to Egipt to bie metis, and to abate the yuel of nedynesse.
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 →