THEOSISJohn Chrysostom
As time progressed, the famine intensified, leaving them with a scarcity of provisions.
Genesis 43:1Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
In the mean time the famine was heavy upon all the land.
וְהָרָעָ֖ב כָּבֵ֥ד בָּאָֽרֶץ׃
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Cross references
Passages read together with this verse.
- Gen 12:10And there came a famine in the country: and Abram went down into Egypt, to sojourn there: for the famine was very grievous in the land.
- Eccl 9:1All these things have I considered in my heart, that I might carefully understand them: there are just men and wise men, and their works are in the hand of God: and yet man knoweth not whether he be worthy of love, or hatred:
- Eccl 9:2But all things are kept uncertain for the time to come, because all things equally happen to the just and to the wicked, to the good and to the evil, to the clean and to the unclean, to him that offereth victims, and to him that despiseth sacrifices. As the good is, so also is the sinner: as the perjured, so he also that sweareth truth.
- Gen 42:5And they entered into the land of Egypt with others that went to buy. For the famine was in the land of Chanaan.
- Acts 7:11Now there came a famine upon all Egypt and Chanaan, and great tribulation: and our fathers found no food.
- Acts 7:13And at the second time, Joseph was known by his brethren: and his kindred was made known to Pharao.
- Gen 41:54The seven years of scarcity, which Joseph had foretold, began to come: and the famine prevailed in the whole world, but there was bread in all the land of Egypt.
- Gen 41:57And all provinces came into Egypt, to buy food, and to seek some relief of their want.