Genesis 41:57
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And all provinces came into Egypt, to buy food, and to seek some relief of their want.

Genesis 12:10
And there came a famine in the country: and Abram went down into Egypt, to sojourn there: for the famine was very grievous in the land.

Genesis 41:56
And the famine increased daily in all the land: and Joseph opened all the barns, and sold to the Egyptians: for the famine had oppressed them also.

Genesis 42:5
And they entered into the land of Egypt with others that went to buy. For the famine was in the land of Chanaan.

Genesis 43:1
In the mean time the famine was heavy upon all the land.

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And all provinces came into Egypt, to buy food, and to seek some relief of their want.

all countries.

Genesis 42:1,5 And Jacob hearing that food was sold in Egypt, said to his sons: Why are ye careless? . . .

Genesis 50:20 You thought evil against me: but God turned it into good, that he might exalt me, as at present you see, and might save many people.

Deuteronomy 9:28 Lest perhaps the inhabitants of the land, out of which thou hast brought us, say: The Lord could not bring them into the land that he promised them, and he hated them: therefore he brought them out, that he might kill them in the wilderness,

Psalm 105:16,17 And he called a famine upon the land: and he broke in pieces all the support of bread. . . .

in all lands.

Genesis 41:54,56 The seven years of scarcity, which Joseph had foretold, began to come: and the famine prevailed in the whole world, but there was bread in all the land of Egypt. . . .

Context
The Famine Begins
56And the famine increased daily in all the land: and Joseph opened all the barns, and sold to the Egyptians: for the famine had oppressed them also. 57And all provinces came into Egypt, to buy food, and to seek some relief of their want.
Lexicon
And every
וְכָל־ (wə·ḵāl)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every

nation
הָאָ֙רֶץ֙ (hā·’ā·reṣ)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land

came
בָּ֣אוּ (bā·’ū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 935: To come in, come, go in, go

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to

Joseph
יוֹסֵ֑ף (yō·w·sêp̄)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3130: Joseph -- 'he increases', a son of Jacob, also the name of several Israelites

in Egypt
מִצְרַ֔יְמָה (miṣ·ray·māh)
Noun - proper - feminine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4714: Egypt -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their country in Northwest Africa

to buy grain,
לִשְׁבֹּ֖ר (liš·bōr)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 7666: To deal in grain

because
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

the famine
הָרָעָ֖ב (hā·rā·‘āḇ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7458: Famine, hunger

was severe
חָזַ֥ק (ḥā·zaq)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2388: To fasten upon, to seize, be strong, obstinate, to bind, restrain, conquer

over all
בְּכָל־ (bə·ḵāl)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every

the earth.
הָאָֽרֶץ׃ (hā·’ā·reṣ)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land


Additional Translations
And every nation came to Joseph in Egypt to buy grain, because the famine was severe over all the earth.And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn; because that the famine was so sore in all lands.

And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph to buy grain, because the famine was sore in all the earth.

And all countries came to Egypt to buy of Joseph, for the famine prevailed in all the earth.

And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph, to buy [grain], because the famine was grievous on the whole earth.

And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn; because the famine was sore in all the earth.

And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph to buy corn; because the famine was distressing in all lands.

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

and all the earth hath come to Egypt, to buy, unto Joseph, for the famine was severe in all the earth.
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