Genesis 41:57

41:57 People from every country ¹  came to Joseph in Egypt to buy grain because the famine was severe throughout the earth.

Genesis 47:20

47:20 So Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh. Each ²  of the Egyptians sold his field, for the famine was severe. ³  So the land became Pharaoh’s.

[41:57]  ¹ 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.

[47:20]  ² tn The Hebrew text connects this clause with the preceding one with a causal particle (כִּי, ki). The translation divides the clauses into two sentences for stylistic reasons.

[47:20]  ³ tn The Hebrew text adds “upon them.” This has not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons.