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Genesis 47:13

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.

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְלֶ֤חֶםve.Le.chemand [was] foodH3899 →
אֵין֙'einthere notH369 →
בְּכָל־be.kholin allH3605 →
הָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzthe landH776 →
כִּֽי־ki-forH3588 →
כָבֵ֥דkha.Ved[was] heavyH3515 →
הָרָעָ֖בha.ra.'Avthe famineH7458 →
מְאֹ֑דme.'OdveryH3966 →
וַתֵּ֜לַהּva.Te.lahand it languishedH3856 →
אֶ֤רֶץ'E.retz[the] land ofH776 →
מִצְרַ֙יִם֙mitz.Ra.yimEgyptH4714 →
וְאֶ֣רֶץve.'E.retzand [the] land ofH776 →
כְּנַ֔עַןke.Na.'anCanaanH3667 →
מִפְּנֵ֖יmi.pe.Nei<from> because ofH6440 →
הָרָעָֽב׃ha.ra.'Avthe famineH7458 →

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Genesis 41:30but seven years of famine will follow them. Then all the abundance in the land of Egypt will be forgotten, and the famine will devastate the land.Acts 7:11Then famine and great suffering swept across Egypt and Canaan, and our fathers could not find food.Psalms 105:16He called down famine on the land and cut off all their supplies of food.Joel 1:10–12The field is ruined; the land mourns. For the grain is destroyed, the new wine is dried up, and the oil fails.Jeremiah 14:1–6This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought:1 Kings 18:5Then Ahab said to Obadiah, “Go throughout the land to every spring and every valley. Perhaps we will find grass to keep the horses and mules alive so that we will not have to destroy any livestock.”Genesis 41:30–31but seven years of famine will follow them. Then all the abundance in the land of Egypt will be forgotten, and the famine will devastate the land.Lamentations 4:9Those slain by the sword are better off than those who die of hunger, who waste away, pierced with pain because the fields lack produce.Lamentations 2:19–20Arise, cry out in the night from the first watch of the night. Pour out your heart like water in the presence of the Lord. Lift up your hands to Him for the lives of your children who are fainting from hunger on the corner of every street.Jeremiah 9:12Who is the man wise enough to understand this? To whom has the mouth of the LORD spoken, that he may explain it? Why is the land destroyed and scorched like a desert, so no one can pass through it?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 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.

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