Genesis 42:5

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Summary

Genesis 42:5

And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.

For

Acts 11:28

General references

Genesis 42:3

Genesis 43:1

Bible References

For

And it came to pass that there was a famine, in the land, - so Abram went down towards Egypt, to sojourn there, because grievous, was the famine in the land.

And there came to be a famine in the land, besides the first famine which happened in the days of Abraham, - so Isaac went his way unto Abimelech, king of the Philistines towards Gerar;

All the earth also, came in to Egypt to buy corn, unto Joseph, - because the famine had laid fast hold on an the earth.

And there came a famine upon all Egypt and Canaan, and great tribulation, and our fathers could not find pasture.

And one from among them, by name Agabus, rising up, gave a sign, through means of the Spirit, that, a great famine, was coming over all the inhabited earth; which, indeed, came to pass under Claudius.

General references

So Joseph's ten brethren went down, - to buy corn from the Egyptians;

But the famine, was severe in the land.