Genesis 43:1
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Now the famine was still severe in the land.”
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BSBPD
“Now the famine was still severe in the land.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“And the famine was sore in the land.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“And the famine was sore in the land.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“And the famine <FI>is<Fi> severe in the land;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Genesis 43:1 — 9 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 18:13And the LORD asked Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Can I really bear a child when I am old?’
- 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 41:57And every nation came to Joseph in Egypt to buy grain, because the famine was severe over all the earth.
- 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.
- Ecclesiastes 9:1So 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.
- Lamentations 5:10Our skin is as hot as an oven with fever from our hunger.
- Acts 7:11Then famine and great suffering swept across Egypt and Canaan, and our fathers could not find food.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).
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