54 and (A)the seven years of famine began to come, just as Joseph had said, then there was famine in all the lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.

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54 and the seven years of famine(A) began,(B) just as Joseph had said. There was famine in all the other lands, but in the whole land of Egypt there was food.

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56 When the famine was spread over the entire face of the earth, then Joseph opened all [a]the storehouses and sold grain to the Egyptians; and the famine was severe in the land of Egypt.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 41:56 Lit that which was in them

56 When the famine had spread over the whole country, Joseph opened all the storehouses and sold grain to the Egyptians,(A) for the famine(B) was severe throughout Egypt.(C)

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13 Now there was no [a]food in all the land, because the famine was very severe, so that (A)the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan languished because of the famine.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 47:13 Or bread

Joseph and the Famine

13 There was no food, however, in the whole region because the famine was severe; both Egypt and Canaan wasted away because of the famine.(A)

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16 And He (A)called for a famine upon the land;
He (B)broke the whole staff of bread.

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16 He called down famine(A) on the land
    and destroyed all their supplies of food;

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