And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn; because that the famine was so sore in all lands.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph to buy grain, because the famine was sore in all the earth.
WEB
And every nation came to Joseph in Egypt to buy grain, because the famine was severe over all the earth.
YLT
and all the earth hath come to Egypt, to buy, unto Joseph, for the famine was severe in all the earth.
DBT
And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph, to buy [grain], because the famine was grievous on the whole earth.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentGenesis — The book of beginnings. Creation, fall, flood, covenant, election, providence — eleven generational seams stitch one unbroken story from heaven-and-earth to a coffin in Egypt.
- Author
- Moses — by traditional attribution; the book is the first of the Pentateuch
- Date
- Composed c. 15th–13th century BC; draws on older patriarchal sources (the toledoth framework is internal)