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Genesis 43

Gen. 43:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And the famine
ra`ab (Hebrew #7458)
hunger (more or less extensive)
KJV usage: dearth, famine, + famished, hunger.
Pronounce: raw-awb'
Origin: from 7456
was sore
kabed (Hebrew #3515)
heavy; figuratively in a good sense (numerous) or in a bad sense (severe, difficult, stupid)
KJV usage: (so) great, grievous, hard(-ened), (too) heavy(-ier), laden, much, slow, sore, thick.
Pronounce: kaw-bade'
Origin: from 3513
m in the land
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
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Cross References

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1-14:  Jacob is hardly persuaded to send Benjamin.
15-18:  Joseph entertains his brethren.
19-25:  They discover their fears to the steward.
26-34:  Joseph makes them a feast.
Gen. 18:13• 13And the Lord said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old? (Gen. 18:13)
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Gen. 41:54‑57• 54And the seven years of dearth began to come, according as Joseph had said: and the dearth was in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.
55And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread: and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians, Go unto Joseph; what he saith to you, do.
56And the famine was over all the face of the earth: And Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and the famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt.
57And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn; because that the famine was so sore in all lands.
(Gen. 41:54‑57)
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Gen. 42:5• 5And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan. (Gen. 42:5)
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Eccl. 9:1‑2• 1For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them.
2All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.
(Eccl. 9:1‑2)
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Lam. 5:10• 10Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine. (Lam. 5:10)
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Acts 7:11‑13• 11Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.
12But when Jacob heard that there was corn in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first.
13And at the second time Joseph was made known to his brethren; and Joseph's kindred was made known unto Pharaoh.
(Acts 7:11‑13)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And the famine was grievous in the land.