Genesis 41:57

New English Translation

⁵⁷People from every country^[a] came to Joseph in Egypt to buy grain because the famine was severe throughout the earth.

Genesis 41:57 tn Heb “all the earth,” which refers here (by metonymy) to the people of the earth. Note that the following verb is plural in form, indicating that the inhabitants of the earth are in view.

Genesis 41:57

New International Version

⁵⁷And all the world came to Egypt to buy grain from Joseph,^(A) because the famine was severe everywhere.^(B)

⁵⁷And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn; because that the famine was so sore in all lands.

⁵⁷^(A)So all countries came to Joseph in Egypt to ^(B)buy grain, because the famine was severe in all lands.

⁵⁷Moreover, all the earth came to Egypt to Joseph to buy grain, because the famine was severe ^(A)over all the earth.

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