KJV King James Version
And [there was] no bread in all the land; for the famine [was] very sore, so that the land of Egypt and [all] the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine.
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Genesis 47:13
And [there was] no bread in all the land; for the famine [was] very sore, so that the land of Egypt and [all] the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
There was no food, however, in all that region, because the famine was so severe; the lands of Egypt and Canaan had been exhausted by the famine.
WEB World English Bible
There was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very severe, so that the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine.
ASV American Standard Version
And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very sore, so that the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And there is no bread in all the land, for the famine is very grievous, and the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan are feeble because of the famine;
Surrounding context — Genesis 47
10 And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from before Pharaoh.
11 And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.
12 And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father’s household, with bread, according to [their] families.
13 And [there was] no bread in all the land; for the famine [was] very sore, so that the land of Egypt and [all] the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine.
14 And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the corn which they bought: and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh’s house.
15 And when money failed in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto Joseph, and said, Give us bread: for why should we die in thy presence? for the money faileth.
16 And Joseph said, Give your cattle; and I will give you for your cattle, if money fail.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וְלֶ֤חֶםH3899 · le.chemfoodאֵין֙H369 · a.yinnothingבְּכָל־H3605 · kolallהָאָ֔רֶץH776 · e.retsland: country/planetכִּֽי־H3588 · kiforכָבֵ֥דH3515 · ka.vedheavyהָרָעָ֖בH7458 · ra.avfamineמְאֹ֑דH3966 · me.odmuchוַתֵּ֜לַהּH3856 · la.hahto languishאֶ֤רֶץH776 · e.retsland: country/planetמִצְרַ֙יִם֙H4714 · mits.ra.yimEgyptוְאֶ֣רֶץH776 · e.retsland: country/planetכְּנַ֔עַןH3667 · ke.na.anCanaanמִפְּנֵ֖יH6440 · pa.nehface: beforeהָרָעָֽב׃H7458 · ra.avfamine
Cross-references
Acts 7:11Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.Jeremiah 14:1-6The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the dearth.1 Kings 18:5And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the land, unto all fountains of water, and unto all brooks: peradventure we may find grass to save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts.Joel 1:10-12The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.Lamentations 2:19-20Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out thine heart like water before the face of the Lord: lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint for hunger in the top of every street.Genesis 41:30-31And there shall arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine shall consume the land;Lamentations 4:9[They that be] slain with the sword are better than [they that be] slain with hunger: for these pine away, stricken through for [want of] the fruits of the field.Jeremiah 9:12Who [is] the wise man, that may understand this? and [who is he] to whom the mouth of the LORD hath spoken, that he may declare it, for what the land perisheth [and] is burned up like a wilderness, that none passeth through?
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