Genesis 43:1

In 11 translations

BSB

Now the famine was still severe in the land.

KJV

And the famine was sore in the land.

WEB

The famine was severe in the land.

ASV

And the famine was sore in the land.

LSV

And the famine [is] severe in the land;

YLT

And the famine [is] severe in the land;

DBY

And the famine was grievous in the land.

DRC

In the mean time the famine was heavy upon all the land.

GNV

Now great famine was in the land.

JPS

And the famine was sore in the land.

LXXE

But the famine prevailed in the land.

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Original-language editions

WLC

וְהָרָעָ֖ב כָּבֵ֥ד בָּאָֽרֶץ׃

LXX-Br

Ὁ δὲ λιμὸς ἐνίσχυσεν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.

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• Genesis 12:10Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe.
• 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.
• Lamentations 5:10Our skin is as hot as an oven with fever from our hunger.
• Genesis 41:54–57the 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. When extreme hunger came to all the land of Egypt and the people…
• Acts 7:11–13Then famine and great suffering swept across Egypt and Canaan, and our fathers could not find food. When Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent our fathers on their first visit. On their second visit,…
• Ecclesiastes 9:1–2So I took all this to heart and concluded that the righteous and the wise, as well as their deeds, are in God’s hands. Man does not know what lies ahead, whether love or hate. It is the same for all: There is a common…
• Genesis 18:13And the LORD asked Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Can I really bear a child when I am old?’

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