Skip to main content

Genesis 47:13

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.

KJV

In toto enim orbe panis deerat, et oppresserat fames terram, maxime Ægypti et Chanaan.

Vulgate

Σῖτος δὲ οὐκ ἦν ἐν πάσῃ τῇ γῇ, ἐνίσχυσεν γὰρ ὁ λιμὸς σφόδρα· ἐξέλιπεν δὲ ἡ γῆ Αἰγύπτου καὶ ἡ γῆ Χανάαν ἀπὸ τοῦ λιμοῦ·

LXX

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.

ASV

וְ/לֶ֤חֶם אֵין֙ בְּ/כָל הָ/אָ֔רֶץ כִּֽי כָבֵ֥ד הָ/רָעָ֖ב מְאֹ֑ד וַ/תֵּ֜לַהּ אֶ֤רֶץ מִצְרַ֨יִם֙ וְ/אֶ֣רֶץ כְּנַ֔עַן מִ/פְּנֵ֖י הָ/רָעָֽב

Hebrew

Open in reader with connections →

In this verse

People Canaan

In the original Hebrew

12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֵ֥ין
'yn
noun · 787×
אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
כְּנָ֑עַן
kn'n
proper_noun · 94×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
כָּבֵ֥ד
kbd
adjective · 39×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
לֶ֣חֶם
lchm
noun · 297×
מְאֹֽד
m'd
noun · 297×
מִצְרַ֔יִם
mtsrym
proper_noun · 634×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×
רָעָ֖ב
r'b
noun · 101×
תֵּ֜לַהּ
tlh
verb · 2×

Historic Christian voices

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

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.
  • 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.
  • Gen 41:30 — And there shall arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine shall consume the land;
  • Ps 105:16 — Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread.