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Genesis 41:56

Listen to Genesis 41:56
56 Und die Hungersnot war auf der ganzen Erde; und Joseph tat alles auf, worin Getreide war, und verkaufte es den Ägyptern; und die Hungersnot war stark im Lande Ägypten.

Genesis 41:56 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 41:56

And the famine was over all the face of the earth
Not over the whole world, but the land of Egypt; all the inhabitants of it were pinched with it, rich and poor; it reached all parts and all sorts of men: and Joseph opened all the storehouses;
in the several cities throughout the land where he had laid up corn: and sold unto the Egyptians;
for, as he had bought it with Pharaoh's money, it was no injustice to sell it; and as it could be sold at a moderate price, and yet Pharaoh get enough by it, being bought cheap in a time of plenty, no doubt but Joseph, who was a kind and benevolent man, sold it at such a price: and the famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt;
there being no overflow of the Nile year after year, and nothing left of the old stock but what was in the storehouses.

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Genesis 41:56 In-Context

54 und die sieben Jahre der Hungersnot begannen zu kommen, so wie Joseph gesagt hatte. Und es war Hungersnot in allen Ländern, aber im ganzen Lande Ägypten war Brot.
55 Und das ganze Land Ägypten hungerte; und das Volk schrie zum Pharao um Brot. Da sprach der Pharao zu allen Ägyptern: Gehet zu Joseph; tut, was er euch sagt!
56 Und die Hungersnot war auf der ganzen Erde; und Joseph tat alles auf, worin Getreide war, und verkaufte es den Ägyptern; und die Hungersnot war stark im Lande Ägypten.
57 Und alle Welt kam nach Ägypten zu Joseph, um Getreide zu kaufen; denn die Hungersnot war stark auf der ganzen Erde.
The Elberfelder Bible is in the public domain.

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