Genesis 42:5

WEB

⁵The sons of Israel came to buy among those who came, for the famine was in the land of Canaan.

KJV

⁵And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.

BSB

⁵So the sons of Israel were among those who came to buy grain, since the famine had also spread to the land of Canaan.

FBV

⁵So Israel's sons went to buy grain along with everyone else, because there was famine in Canaan too.

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Extra References

Genesis 41:57

⁵⁷All countries came into Egypt, to Joseph, to buy grain, because the famine was severe in all the earth.

Acts 7:11

¹¹Now a famine came over all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction. Our fathers found no food.

Genesis 12:10

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.

Genesis 26:1

¹There was a famine in the land, in addition to the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines, to Gerar.

Acts 11:28

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.