Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And the dearth waxed sore in the land.
New American Standard Bible
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.
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;
Themes
jacob » Sends to egypt to buy corn (grain)
Judah » Son of jacob » Goes down into egypt for corn (grain)
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 43:1
Verse Info
Context Readings
Joseph's Brothers Return To Egypt
1 And the dearth waxed sore in the land. 2 And when they had eaten up that corn which they brought out of the land of Egypt, their father said unto them, "Go again and buy us a little food."
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Genesis 12:10
After this there came a dearth in the land. And Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there, for the dearth was sore in the land.
Genesis 18:13
Then said the LORD unto Abraham, "Wherefore doth Sara laugh saying, 'shall I of a surety bear a child, now when I am old?'
Genesis 41:54-57
then came the seven years of dearth, according as Joseph had said. And the dearth was in all lands: but in the land of Egypt was there yet food.
Genesis 42:5
And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among other that came, for there was dearth also in the land of Canaan.
Ecclesiastes 9:1-2
For all these things purposed I in my mind to seek out. The righteous and wise, yea and their servants also are in the hand of God: and there is no man that knoweth either love or hate, but all things are before them.
Lamentations 5:10
Our skin is as it had been burnt in an oven, for very sore hunger.
Acts 7:11-13
Then came there a dearth over all the land of Egypt, and Canaan, and great affliction, that our fathers found no sustenance.