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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.

15 When the money of the people of Egypt and Canaan was gone,(A) all Egypt came to Joseph(B) and said, “Give us food. Why should we die before your eyes?(C) Our money is all gone.”

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