Kejadian 41:27

41:27 The seven lean, bad-looking cows that came up after them represent seven years, as do the seven empty heads of grain burned with the east wind. They represent ¹  seven years of famine.

Kejadian 41:57

41:57 People from every country ²  came to Joseph in Egypt to buy grain because the famine was severe throughout the earth.

Kejadian 42:5

42:5 So Israel’s sons came to buy grain among the other travelers, ³  for the famine was severe in the land of Canaan.

Kejadian 43:1

The Second Journey to Egypt

43:1 Now the famine was severe in the land. ⁴ 

Kejadian 47:4

47:4 Then they said to Pharaoh, “We have come to live as temporary residents ⁵  in the land. There ⁶  is no pasture for your servants’ flocks because the famine is severe in the land of Canaan. So now, please let your servants live in the land of Goshen.”

Kejadian 47:13

47:13 But there was no food in all the land because the famine was very severe; the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan wasted away ⁷  because of the famine.

[41:27]  ¹ tn Heb “are.” Another option is to translate, “There will be seven years of famine.”

[41:57]  ² 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.

[42:5]  ³ tn Heb “in the midst of the coming ones.”

[43:1]  ⁴ tn The disjunctive clause gives supplemental information that is important to the storyline.

[47:4]  ⁵ tn Heb “to sojourn.”

[47:4]  ⁶ tn Heb “for there.” The Hebrew uses a causal particle to connect what follows with what precedes. The translation divides the statement into two sentences for stylistic reasons.

[47:13]  ⁷ tn The verb לַהַה (lahah, = לָאָה, la’ah) means “to faint, to languish”; it figuratively describes the land as wasting away, drooping, being worn out.