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.

And there was no bread {H3899} in all the land {H776}; for the famine {H7458} was very {H3966} sore {H3515}, so that the land {H776} of Egypt {H4714} and all the land {H776} of Canaan {H3667} fainted {H3856} by reason {H6440} of the famine {H7458}.

There was no food anywhere, for the famine was very severe, so that both Egypt and Kena'an grew weak from hunger.

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.

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.

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  • 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.

  • Jeremiah 9:12

    ¶ Who [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?

  • 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.

  • Joel 1:10

    The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.

  • Joel 1:12

    The vine is dried up, and the fig tree languisheth; the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, [even] all the trees of the field, are withered: because joy is withered away from the sons of men.

  • Genesis 41:30

    And 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;

  • Genesis 41:31

    And the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine following; for it [shall be] very grievous.
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