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15 When the money from the lands of Egypt and Canaan was used up, all the Egyptians[a] came to Joseph and said, “Give us food! Why should we die[b] before your very eyes because our money has run out?”

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  1. Genesis 47:15 tn Heb “all Egypt.” The expression is a metonymy and refers to all the people of Egypt.
  2. Genesis 47:15 tn The imperfect verbal form has a deliberative force here.