Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

Now the famine was severe in the land.

King James Version

And the famine was sore in the land.

Holman Bible

Now the famine in the land was severe.

International Standard Version

Meanwhile, the famine remained severe throughout the region.

A Conservative Version

And the famine was severe in the land.

American Standard Version

And the famine was sore in the land.

Amplified

Now the famine was very severe in the land [of Canaan].

Bible in Basic English

Now the land was in bitter need of food.

Darby Translation

And the famine was grievous in the land.

Julia Smith Translation

And the famine was heavy upon the earth.

King James 2000

And the famine was severe in the land.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Now the famine in the land [was] severe.

Modern King James verseion

And the famine was severe in the land.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And the dearth waxed sore in the land.

NET Bible

Now the famine was severe in the land.

New Heart English Bible

The famine was severe in the land.

The Emphasized Bible

But the famine, was severe in the land.

Webster

And the famine was severe in the land.

World English Bible

The famine was severe in the land.

Youngs Literal Translation

And the famine is severe in the land;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And the famine
רעב 
Ra`ab 
Usage: 101

כּבד 
Kabed 
Usage: 40

Verse Info

Context Readings

Joseph's Brothers Return To Egypt

1 Now the famine was severe in the land. 2 And when they had eaten the grain that they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, "Go again, buy us a little food."

Cross References

Genesis 12:10

Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there, for the famine was severe in the land.

Genesis 18:13

The LORD said to Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh and say, 'Shall I indeed bear a child, now that I am old?'

Genesis 41:54-57

and the seven years of famine began to come, as Joseph had said. There was famine in all lands, but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.

Genesis 42:5

Thus the sons of Israel came to buy among the others who came, for the famine was in the land of Canaan.

Ecclesiastes 9:1-2

But all this I laid to heart, examining it all, how the righteous and the wise and their deeds are in the hand of God. Whether it is love or hate, man does not know; both are before him.

Lamentations 5:10

Our skin is hot as an oven with the burning heat of famine.

Acts 7:11-13

Now there came a famine throughout all Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction, and our fathers could find no food.

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