Genesis 41:57
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“And every nation came to Joseph in Egypt to buy grain, because the famine was severe over all the earth.”
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“And every nation came to Joseph in Egypt to buy grain, because the famine was severe over all the earth.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn; because that the famine was so sore in all lands.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph to buy grain, because the famine was sore in all the earth.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and all the earth hath come to Egypt, to buy, unto Joseph, for the famine was severe in all the earth.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Genesis 41:57 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 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 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 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.
- Genesis 42:1When Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why are you staring at one another?”
- 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 42:6Now Joseph was the ruler of the land; he was the one who sold grain to all its people. So when his brothers arrived, they bowed down before him with their faces to the ground.
- Genesis 43:1Now the famine was still severe in the land.
- Genesis 47:14Joseph collected all the money to be found in the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan in exchange for the grain they were buying, and he brought it into Pharaoh’s palace.
- 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.
- 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 the wilderness.’
- Psalms 105:16He called down famine on the land and cut off all their supplies of food.
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