Genesis 43:1

The Second Journey to Egypt

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

Genesis 41:56

41:56 While the famine was over all the earth, ²  Joseph opened the storehouses ³  and sold grain to the Egyptians. The famine was severe throughout the land of Egypt.

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

[41:56]  ² tn Or “over the entire land”; Heb “over all the face of the earth.” The disjunctive clause is circumstantial-temporal to the next clause.

[41:56]  ³ tc The MT reads “he opened all that was in [or “among”] them.” The translation follows the reading of the LXX and Syriac versions.