Genesis 43:1
And the famine was sore in the land.
KJV
Interim fames omnem terram vehementer premebat.
Vulgate
Ὁ δὲ λιμὸς ἐνίσχυσεν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.
LXX
And the famine was sore in the land.
ASV
וְ/הָ/רָעָ֖ב כָּבֵ֥ד בָּ/אָֽרֶץ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
3 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
כָּבֵ֥ד
kbd
adjective · 39×
רָעָ֖ב
r'b
noun · 101×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Covers Jacob and Esau, Joseph's rise in Egypt, the famine, Jacob's family settling in Goshen, the enslavement of Israel, the birth and early life of Moses, the ten plagues, and the Exodus from Egypt including the crossing of the Red Sea.
Cross-references
- Acts 7:11 — Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.
- Deut 26:5 — And thou shalt speak and say before the LORD thy God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and
- Gen 12:10 — And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land.
- Gen 12:10 — And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land.
- Gen 47:4 — They said moreover unto Pharaoh, For to sojourn in the land are we come; for thy servants have no pasture for their flocks; for the famine is sore in the land of Canaan: now therefore, we pray thee, l
- Ruth 1:1 — Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehemjudah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two so