Genesis 41:57

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

People from every country came to Joseph in Egypt to buy grain because the famine was severe throughout the earth.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 42:5 : 5 So Israel’s sons came to buy grain among the other travelers, for the famine was severe in the land of Canaan.
  • Gen 41:54 : 54 Then the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had predicted. There was famine in all the other lands, but throughout the land of Egypt there was food.
  • Gen 41:56 : 56 While the famine was over all the earth, Joseph opened the storehouses and sold grain to the Egyptians. The famine was severe throughout the land of Egypt.
  • Gen 42:1 : 1 Joseph’s Brothers in Egypt When Jacob heard there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons,“Why are you looking at each other?”
  • Gen 50:20 : 20 As for you, you meant to harm me, but God intended it for a good purpose, so he could preserve the lives of many people, as you can see this day.
  • Deut 9:28 : 28 Otherwise the people of the land from which you brought us will say,“The LORD was unable to bring them to the land he promised them, and because of his hatred for them he has brought them out to kill them in the wilderness.”
  • Ps 105:16-17 : 16 He called down a famine upon the earth; he cut off all the food supply. 17 He sent a man ahead of them– Joseph was sold as a servant.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 41:53-56
    4 verses
    89%

    53The seven years of abundance in the land of Egypt came to an end.

    54Then the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had predicted. There was famine in all the other lands, but throughout the land of Egypt there was food.

    55When all the land of Egypt experienced the famine, the people cried out to Pharaoh for food. Pharaoh said to all the people of Egypt,“Go to Joseph and do whatever he tells you.”

    56While the famine was over all the earth, Joseph opened the storehouses and sold grain to the Egyptians. The famine was severe throughout the land of Egypt.

  • Gen 42:5-6
    2 verses
    85%

    5So Israel’s sons came to buy grain among the other travelers, for the famine was severe in the land of Canaan.

    6Now Joseph was the ruler of the country, the one who sold grain to all the people of the country. Joseph’s brothers came and bowed down before him with their faces to the ground.

  • Gen 47:12-15
    4 verses
    82%

    12Joseph also provided food for his father, his brothers, and all his father’s household, according to the number of their little children.

    13But there was no food in all the land because the famine was very severe; the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan wasted away because of the famine.

    14Joseph collected all the money that could be found in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan as payment for the grain they were buying. Then Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh’s palace.

    15When the money from the lands of Egypt and Canaan was used up, all the Egyptians came to Joseph and said,“Give us food! Why should we die before your very eyes because our money has run out?”

  • Gen 43:1-2
    2 verses
    81%

    1The Second Journey to Egypt Now the famine was severe in the land.

    2When they finished eating the grain they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them,“Return, buy us a little more food.”

  • Gen 47:18-20
    3 verses
    81%

    18When that year was over, they came to him the next year and said to him,“We cannot hide from our lord that the money is used up and the livestock and the animals belong to our lord. Nothing remains before our lord except our bodies and our land.

    19Why should we die before your very eyes, both we and our land? Buy us and our land in exchange for food, and we, with our land, will become Pharaoh’s slaves. Give us seed that we may live and not die. Then the land will not become desolate.”

    20So Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh. Each of the Egyptians sold his field, for the famine was severe. So the land became Pharaoh’s.

  • Gen 41:35-36
    2 verses
    80%

    35They should gather all the excess food during these good years that are coming. By Pharaoh’s authority they should store up grain so the cities will have food, and they should preserve it.

    36This food should be held in storage for the land in preparation for the seven years of famine that will occur throughout the land of Egypt. In this way the land will survive the famine.”

  • Acts 7:11
    78%

    11Then a famine occurred throughout Egypt and Canaan, causing great suffering, and our ancestors could not find food.

  • Gen 42:1-3
    3 verses
    78%

    1Joseph’s Brothers in Egypt When Jacob heard there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons,“Why are you looking at each other?”

    2He then said,“Look, I hear that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy grain for us so that we may live and not die.”

    3So ten of Joseph’s brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.

  • Gen 41:29-31
    3 verses
    77%

    29Seven years of great abundance are coming throughout the whole land of Egypt.

    30But seven years of famine will occur after them, and all the abundance will be forgotten in the land of Egypt. The famine will devastate the land.

    31The previous abundance of the land will not be remembered because of the famine that follows, for the famine will be very severe.

  • Gen 41:47-48
    2 verses
    77%

    47During the seven years of abundance the land produced large, bountiful harvests.

    48Joseph collected all the excess food in the land of Egypt during the seven years and stored it in the cities. In every city he put the food gathered from the fields around it.

  • Gen 12:10
    74%

    10The Promised Blessing Jeopardized There was a famine in the land, so Abram went down to Egypt to stay for a while because the famine was severe.