Génesis 47:13

13 No había alimento en toda la tierra, de modo que el hambre era muy severa, y la tierra de Egipto y la tierra de Canaán languidecían a causa del 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 Así, pues, José estableció allí a su padre y a sus hermanos, y les dio posesión en la tierra de Egipto, en lo mejor de la tierra, en la tierra de Ramsés, como Faraón había mandado.

12 Y proveyó José de alimentos a su padre, a sus hermanos y a toda la casa de su padre, según el número de sus hijos.

13 No había alimento en toda la tierra, de modo que el hambre era muy severa, y la tierra de Egipto y la tierra de Canaán languidecían a causa del hambre.

14 Y José recogió todo el dinero que había en la tierra de Egipto y en la tierra de Canaán a cambio del grano que le compraban, y José trajo el dinero a la casa de Faraón.

15 Cuando se acabó el dinero en la tierra de Egipto y en la tierra de Canaán, todos los egipcios vinieron a José, diciendo: Danos alimento, pues ¿por qué hemos de morir delante de ti?, ya que nuestro dinero se ha acabado.