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Genesis 41:57

And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn; because that the famine was so sore in all lands.

KJV

Omnesque provinciæ veniebant in Ægyptum, ut emerent escas, et malum inopiæ temperarent.

Vulgate

καὶ πᾶσαι αἱ χῶραι ἦλθον εἰς Αἴγυπτον ἀγοράζειν πρὸς Ἰωσήφ· ἐπεκράτησεν γὰρ ὁ λιμὸς ἐν πάσῃ τῇ γῇ.

LXX

And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph to buy grain, because the famine was sore in all the earth.

ASV

וְ/כָל הָ/אָ֨רֶץ֙ בָּ֣אוּ מִצְרַ֔יְמָ/ה לִ/שְׁבֹּ֖ר אֶל יוֹסֵ֑ף כִּֽי חָזַ֥ק הָ/רָעָ֖ב בְּ/כָל הָ/אָֽרֶץ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
הֶחֱזִ֗יק
hchzyq
verb · 289×
יוֹסֵ֖ף
yvsp
proper_noun · 213×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
מִצְרַ֔יִם
mtsrym
proper_noun · 634×
רָעָ֖ב
r'b
noun · 101×
שְׁבָּר
shbr
verb · 21×

Typology

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Gen 41:54 — And the seven years of dearth began to come, according as Joseph had said: and the dearth was in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.
  • Gen 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.
  • Gen 42:1 — Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?
  • Gen 42:5 — And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
  • Gen 42:5 — And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.