Genesis 41:57
All the earth also, came in to Egypt to buy corn, unto Joseph,—because the famine had laid fast hold on all the earth.
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Genesis 12:10And it came to pass that there was a famine, in the land,—so Abram went down towards Egypt, to sojourn there, because grievous, was the famine in the land.
Genesis 41:56Now, the famine, was over all the face of the land,—so Joseph opened all [places] wherein it was and sold corn to the Egyptians, and the famine laid fast hold of the land of Egypt.
Genesis 42:5Thus came in the sons of Israel, to buy corn in the midst of them that came—for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
Genesis 43:1But the famine, was severe in the land.
Genesis 50:20Ye, indeed, planned against me, evil,—God, planned it, for good, for the sake of doing, as at this day, to save alive much people.
Psalms 105:16Then called he a famine over the land, All the staff of bread, he brake;
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 →