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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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Gen. 41:54• 54and the seven years of the famine began to come, according as Joseph had said. And there was famine in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread. (Gen. 41:54)
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Lam. 5:10• 10Our skins glow like an oven because of the hot blasts of famine. (Lam. 5:10)

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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 Jehovah 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 the famine began to come, according as Joseph had said. And there was famine in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.
 55And all the land of Egypt was famished; and the people cried to Pharaoh for bread; and Pharaoh said to all the Egyptians, Go to Joseph: what he saith to you, do.
 56And the famine was over all the face of the earth. And Joseph opened every storehouse [all in which was grain], and sold to the Egyptians; and the famine was grievous in the land of Egypt.
 57And the whole earth came into Egypt to Joseph, to buy, because the famine was grievous on the whole earth. (Gen. 41:54‑57)
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Gen. 42:5• 5So the sons of Israel came to buy 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 laid to my heart,{HR}Even to explore all this,{HR}That the righteous, and the wise,{HR}And their works, are in the hand of God:{HR}Whether it be love or hatred,{HR}Man knoweth it not; all is before them.
 2All things [come] alike to all:{HR}There is one event to the righteous and to the wicked;{HR}To the good, and to the clean and to the unclean;{HR}To him that sacrificeth and to him that sacrificeth not:{HR}As is the good, so is the sinner;{HR}He that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath. (Eccl. 9:1‑2)
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Lam. 5:10• 10Our skins glow like an oven because of the hot blasts of famine. (Lam. 5:10)
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Acts 7:11‑13• 11Now there came a famine over all Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction; and our fathers found no sustenance.
 12But Jacob, having heard that there was corn in Egypt, sent forth our fathers first;
 13and at the second [time] Joseph was made known to his brethren, and his race became manifest unto Pharaoh. (Acts 7:11‑13)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And the famine was grievous in the land.

W. Kelly Translation

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And the famine [was] grievous in the land.