⁵⁶So when the famine had spread over all the land, Joseph opened all the storehouses⁸ and ^jsold to the Egyptians, for the famine was severe in the land of Egypt.

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8Hebrew all that was in them

Cross references

jch. 42:6; [ch. 47:14, 20, 24]

In other versions

NIVNew International Version (2011)

When the famine had spread over the whole country, Joseph opened all the storehouses and sold grain to the Egyptians, for the famine was severe throughout Egypt.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Now the famine had spread across the whole region, so Joseph opened all the storehouses and sold grain to the Egyptians, for the famine was severe in the land of Egypt.

NLTNew Living Translation

So with severe famine everywhere, Joseph opened up the storehouses and distributed grain to the Egyptians, for the famine was severe throughout the land of Egypt.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And the famine was over the whole land, and Joseph opened all the storehouses and sold food to the Egyptians. And the famine was severe in the land of Egypt.

KJV 1900King James Version

And the famine was over all the face of the earth: And Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and the famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt.

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