Genesis 41:57

In 11 translations

BSB

And every nation came to Joseph in Egypt to buy grain, because the famine was severe over all the earth.

KJV

And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn; because that the famine was so sore in all lands.

WEB

All countries came into Egypt, to Joseph, to buy grain, because the famine was severe in all the earth.

ASV

And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph to buy grain, because the famine was sore in all the earth.

LSV

and all the earth has come to Egypt, to buy, to Joseph, for the famine was severe in all the earth.

YLT

and all the earth hath come to Egypt, to buy, unto Joseph, for the famine was severe in all the earth.

DBY

And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph, to buy [grain], because the famine was grievous on the whole earth.

DRC

And all provinces came into Egypt, to buy food, and to seek some relief of their want.

GNV

And all countries came to Egypt to bye corne of Ioseph, because the famine was sore in all landes.

JPS

And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph to buy corn; because the famine was sore in all the earth.

LXXE

And all countries came to Egypt to buy of Joseph, for the famine prevailed in all the earth.

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WLC

וְכָל־הָאָ֨רֶץ֙ בָּ֣אוּ מִצְרַ֔יְמָה לִשְׁבֹּ֖ר אֶל־יוֹסֵ֑ף כִּֽי־חָזַ֥ק הָרָעָ֖ב בְּכָל־הָאָֽרֶץ׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ πᾶσαι αἱ χῶραι ἦλθον εἰς Αἴγυπτον, ἀγοράζειν πρὸς Ἰωσήφ· ἐπεκράτησε γὰρ ὁ λιμὸς ἐν πάσῃ τῇ γῇ·

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• Genesis 42:1When Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why are you staring at one another?”
• Genesis 41:54the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had said. And although there was famine in every country, there was food throughout the land of Egypt.
• Genesis 42:5So the sons of Israel were among those who came to buy grain, since the famine had also spread to the land of Canaan.
• Genesis 41:56When the famine had spread over all the land, Joseph opened up all the storehouses and sold grain to the Egyptians; for the famine was severe in the land of Egypt.
• Deuteronomy 9:28Otherwise, those in the land from which You brought us out will say, ‘Because the LORD was not able to bring them into the land He had promised them, and because He hated them, He has brought them out to kill them in…
• Genesis 50:20As for you, what you intended against me for evil, God intended for good, in order to accomplish a day like this—to preserve the lives of many people.
• Psalms 105:16–17He called down famine on the land and cut off all their supplies of food. He sent a man before them— Joseph, sold as a slave.

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