Génesis 47:13

13 Administración de José durante el tiempo de hambre
Mientras tanto, el hambre se hizo tan intensa que se acabó todo el alimento, y la gente por toda la tierra de Egipto y la de Canaán se moría de hambre.

Génesis 47:13 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 47:13

And [there was] no bread in all the land
The land of Egypt and the parts adjacent, but in Pharaoh's storehouses, all being consumed that were in private hands the first two years of the famine: for the famine [was] very sore;
severe, pressed very hard: so that the land of Egypt, and [all] the land of Canaan, fainted by
reason of the famine;
that is, the inhabitants of both countries, their spirits sunk, as well as their flesh failed for want of food: or "raged" ^F2; became furious, and were like madmen, as the word signifies; according to Kimchi ^F3, they were at their wits' end, knew not what to do, as Aben Ezra interprets it, and became tumultuous; it is much they had not in a violent manner broke open the storehouses of corn, and took it away by force; that they did not must be owing to the providence of God, which restrained them, and to the care and prudence of Joseph as a means, who, doubtless, had well fortified the granaries; and very probably there were a body of soldiers placed everywhere, who were one of the three parts or states of the kingdom of Egypt, as Diodorus Siculus ^F4 relates; to which may be added, the mild and gentle address of Joseph to the people, speaking kindly to them, giving them hopes of a supply during the famine, and readily relieving them upon terms they could not object to.

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FOOTNOTES:

F2 (hlt) "insanivit vel acta fuit in rahiem", Vatablus; "furebat", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator.
F3 In Sepher Shorash rad (hhl) ; so Ben Melech in loc.
F4 Bibliothec. l. 1. p. 67.

Génesis 47:13 In-Context

11 Por lo tanto, José asignó la mejor tierra de Egipto —la región de Ramsés— a su padre y a sus hermanos, y los estableció allí, tal como el faraón había ordenado.

12 Y José proveyó alimentos a su padre y a sus hermanos en cantidades proporcionadas al número de familiares, incluidos los niños más pequeños.

13 Administración de José durante el tiempo de hambre
Mientras tanto, el hambre se hizo tan intensa que se acabó todo el alimento, y la gente por toda la tierra de Egipto y la de Canaán se moría de hambre.

14 José, al vender el grano a la población, con el tiempo, obtuvo todo el dinero que había en Egipto y en Canaán, y lo depositó en la tesorería del faraón.

15 Cuando los habitantes de Egipto y de Canaán se quedaron sin dinero, todos los egipcios acudieron a José.
—¡Ya no tenemos dinero! —clamaron—. Por favor, dénos alimentos, ¡o moriremos ante sus propios ojos!