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Genesis 41:56

And the famine was over all the face of the earth: And Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and the famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt.

KJV

Crescebat autem quotidie fames in omni terra : aperuitque Joseph universa horrea, et vendebat Ægyptiis : nam et illos oppresserat fames.

Vulgate

⸂⸆⸃ καὶ ὁ λιμὸς ἦν ἐπὶ προσώπου πάσης τῆς γῆς· ἀνέῳξεν δὲ Ἰωσὴφ πάντας τοὺς σιτοβολῶνας, καὶ ἐπώλει πᾶσι τοῖς Αἰγυπτίοις.

LXX

And the famine was over all the face of the earth: and Joseph opened all the store-houses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and the famine was sore in the land of Egypt.

ASV

וְ/הָ/רָעָ֣ב הָיָ֔ה עַ֖ל כָּל פְּנֵ֣י הָ/אָ֑רֶץ וַ/יִּפְתַּ֨ח יוֹסֵ֜ף אֶֽת כָּל אֲשֶׁ֤ר בָּ/הֶם֙ וַ/יִּשְׁבֹּ֣ר לְ/מִצְרַ֔יִם וַ/יֶּחֱזַ֥ק הָֽ/רָעָ֖ב בְּ/אֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
הֶחֱזִ֗יק
hchzyq
verb · 289×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יִּפְתַּ֖ח
yptch
verb · 144×
יוֹסֵ֖ף
yvsp
proper_noun · 213×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
מִצְרַ֔יִם
mtsrym
noun · 76×
מִצְרַ֔יִם
mtsrym
proper_noun · 634×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×
רָעָ֖ב
r'b
noun · 101×
שְׁבָּר
shbr
verb · 21×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Gen 41:57 — And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn; because that the famine was so sore in all lands.
  • Gen 42:6 — And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph’s brethren came, and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth.
  • Gen 45:6 — For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and yet there are five years, in the which there shall neither be earing nor harvest.
  • Gen 47:14 — And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the corn which they bought: and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh’s house.