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

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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 26:1 And when a famine came in the land, after that barrenness which had happened in the days of Abraham, Isaac went to Abimelech, king of the Palestines, to Gerara.

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

Acts 7:11 Now there came a famine upon all Egypt and Chanaan, and great tribulation: and our fathers found no food.

Acts 11:28 And one of them named Agabus, rising up, signified by the Spirit that there should be a great famine over the whole world, which came to pass under Claudius.

Context
Joseph's Brothers Sent to Egypt
4Whilst Benjamin was kept at home by Jacob, who said to his brethren: Lest perhaps he take any harm in the journey. 5And they entered into the land of Egypt with others that went to buy. For the famine was in the land of Chanaan.6And Joseph was governor in the land of Egypt, and corn was sold by his direction to the people. And when his brethren had bowed down to him,…
Cross References
Acts 7:11
Now there came a famine upon all Egypt and Chanaan, and great tribulation: and our fathers found no food.

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 26:1
And when a famine came in the land, after that barrenness which had happened in the days of Abraham, Isaac went to Abimelech, king of the Palestines, to Gerara.

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

2 Samuel 21:1
And there was a famine in the days of David for three years successively: and David consulted the oracle of the Lord. And the Lord said: It is for Saul, and his bloody house, because he slow the Gabaonites.

Lexicon
So the sons
בְּנֵ֣י (bə·nê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son

of Israel
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל (yiś·rā·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc

were among
בְּת֣וֹךְ (bə·ṯō·wḵ)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 8432: A bisection, the centre

those who
הַבָּאִ֑ים (hab·bā·’îm)
Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 935: To come in, come, go in, go

came
וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ (way·yā·ḇō·’ū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 935: To come in, come, go in, go

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

since
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

had [also] spread
הָיָ֥ה (hā·yāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

to the land
בְּאֶ֥רֶץ (bə·’e·reṣ)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land

of Canaan.
כְּנָֽעַן׃ (kə·nā·‘an)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3667: Canaan -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their land West of the Jordan


Additional Translations
So the sons of Israel were among those who came to buy grain, since the famine had also spread to the land of Canaan.And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.

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

And the sons of Israel came to buy with those that came, for the famine was in the land of Chanaan.

So the sons of Israel came to buy [grain] among those that came; for the famine was in the land of Canaan.

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

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

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

And the sons of Israel come to buy in the midst of those coming, for the famine hath been in the land of Canaan,
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