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Genesis 41:57 KJV
Genesis · chapter 41 · verse 57
And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn; because that the famine was so sore in all lands.Genesis 41:57 · King James Version
Genesis 41:57 in context
55And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread: and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians, Go unto Joseph; what he saith to you, do.
56And 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.
57And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn; because that the famine was so sore in all lands.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- countriesʼeretsthe earthH776 →
- JosephYôwçêphJoseph, the name of seven IsraelitesH3130 →
- faminerâʻâbhungerH7458 →
- EgyptMitsrayimMitsrajimH4714 →
- camebôwʼto go or comeH935 →
- sorechâzaqto fasten uponH2388 →
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Observe here, I. The building of Joseph's family in the birth of two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim, Gen 41:50-52. In the names he gave them, he owned the divine Providence giving this happy turn to his affairs, 1. He was made to forget his misery, Job 11:16.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 46-57