Genesis 42:5
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“So the sons of Israel were among those who came to buy grain, since the famine had also spread to the land of Canaan.”
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“So the sons of Israel were among those who came to buy grain, since the famine had also spread to the land of Canaan.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And the sons of Israel came to buy among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And the sons of Israel come to buy in the midst of those coming, for the famine hath been in the land of Canaan,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Genesis 42:5 — 6 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 26:1Now there was another famine in the land, subsequent to the one that had occurred in Abraham’s time. And Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines at Gerar.
- 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 41:57And every nation came to Joseph in Egypt to buy grain, because the famine was severe over all the earth.
- Acts 7:11Then famine and great suffering swept across Egypt and Canaan, and our fathers could not find food.
- Acts 11:28One of them named Agabus stood up and predicted through the Spirit that a great famine would sweep across the whole world. (This happened under Claudius.)
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