The sons of Israel came to buy among those who came, for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
Parallel translations
- KJV And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
- BSB So the sons of Israel were among those who came to buy grain, since the famine had also spread to the land of Canaan.
- NKJV And the sons of Israel went to buy grain among those who journeyed, for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
- NASB So the sons of Israel came to buy grain among those who were coming, because the famine was also in the land of Canaan.
- NLT So Jacob’s sons arrived in Egypt along with others to buy food, for the famine was in Canaan as well.
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Cross-references · 5
- Acts 7:11Now a famine came over all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction. Our fathers found no food.
- Gen 12:10There was a famine in the land. Abram went down into Egypt to live as a foreigner there, for the famine was severe in the land.
- Gen 41:57All countries came into Egypt, to Joseph, to buy grain, because the famine was severe in all the earth.
- Gen 26:1There was a famine in the land, besides the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines, to Gerar.
- Acts 11:28One of them named Agabus stood up, and indicated by the Spirit that there should be a great famine all over the world, which also happened in the days of Claudius.
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