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13 For bread (had) failed in all the world, and hunger oppressed the land, mostly of Egypt and of Canaan (most of all now in Egypt and Canaan);

14 of which lands Joseph gathered all the money for the selling of wheat, and brought it into the king’s treasury. (from which lands Joseph gathered all the money from the selling of the corn, or the grain, and put it into the king’s treasury.)

15 And when price failed to the buyers, all Egypt came to Joseph, and said, Give thou loaves to us; why shall we die before thee, while money faileth? (And when money failed in the lands of Egypt and Canaan, all Egypt came to Joseph, and said, Give thou us bread; why should we die before thine eyes, even though all our money is gone!)

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