Genesis 43:1

¶ And the famine [was] sore in the land.

And the famine {H7458} was sore {H3515} in the land {H776}.

But the famine was severe in the land;

Now the famine was still severe in the land.

And the famine was sore in the land.

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  • Genesis 12:10

    ¶ And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine [was] grievous in the land.

  • Ecclesiastes 9:1

    ¶ For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, [are] in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred [by] all [that is] before them.

  • Ecclesiastes 9:2

    All [things come] alike to all: [there is] one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as [is] the good, so [is] the sinner; [and] he that sweareth, as [he] that feareth an oath.

  • Genesis 42:5

    And the sons of Israel came to buy [corn] among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.

  • Acts 7:11

    Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.

  • Acts 7:13

    And at the second [time] Joseph was made known to his brethren; and Joseph's kindred was made known unto Pharaoh.

  • Genesis 41:54

    And the seven years of dearth began to come, according as Joseph had said: and the dearth was in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.
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