Genesis 43:1
Now the famine was still severe in the land.
BSB
ASV
And the famine was sore in the land.
KJV
And the famine was sore in the land.
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Genesis 42:5So 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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And every nation came to Joseph in Egypt to buy grain, because the famine was severe over all the earth.
Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe.
Then famine and great suffering swept across Egypt and Canaan, and our fathers could not find food.
Now 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.
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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.
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Now 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.
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