Genesis 47:13

NETBible

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 1  because of the famine.

NIV ©

There was no food, however, in the whole region because the famine was severe; both Egypt and Canaan wasted away because of the famine.

NASB ©

Now there was no food in all the land, because the famine was very severe, so that the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan languished because of the famine.

NLT ©

Meanwhile, the famine became worse and worse, and the crops continued to fail throughout Egypt and Canaan.

MSG ©

The time eventually came when there was no food anywhere. The famine was very bad. Egypt and Canaan alike were devastated by the famine.

BBE ©

Now there was no food to be had in all the land, so that all Egypt and Canaan were wasted from need of food.

NRSV ©

Now there was no food in all the land, for the famine was very severe. The land of Egypt and the land of Canaan languished because of the famine.

NKJV ©

Now there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very severe, so that the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan languished because of the famine.

KJV
And [there was] no bread
<03899>
in all the land
<0776>_;
for the famine
<07458>
[was] very
<03966>
sore
<03515>_,
so that the land
<0776>
of Egypt
<04714>
and [all] the land
<0776>
of Canaan
<03667>
fainted
<03856> (8799)
by reason
<06440>
of the famine
<07458>_.
NASB ©
Now there
<369>
was no
<369>
food
<3899>
in all
<3605>
the land
<776>
, because
<3588>
the famine
<7458>
was very
<3966>
severe
<3515>
, so that the land
<776>
of Egypt
<4714>
and the land
<776>
of Canaan
<3667>
languished
<3856>
because
<4480>
<6440> of the famine
<7458>
.
LXXM
sitov
<4621> 
N-NSM
de
<1161> 
PRT
ouk
<3364> 
ADV
hn
<1510> 
V-IAI-3S
en
<1722> 
PREP
pash
<3956> 
A-DSF
th
<3588> 
T-DSF
gh
<1065> 
N-DSF
eniscusen
<1765> 
V-AAI-3S
gar
<1063> 
PRT
o
<3588> 
T-NSM
limov
<3042> 
N-NSM
sfodra
<4970> 
ADV
exelipen
<1587> 
V-AAI-3S
de
<1161> 
PRT
h
<3588> 
T-NSF
gh
<1065> 
N-NSF
aiguptou
<125> 
N-GSF
kai
<2532> 
CONJ
h
<3588> 
T-NSF
gh
<1065> 
N-NSF
canaan
<5477> 
N-PRI
apo
<575> 
PREP
tou
<3588> 
T-GSM
limou
<3042> 
N-GSM
NET [draft] ITL
But there was no
<0369>
food
<03899>
in all
<03605>
the land
<0776>
because
<03588>
the famine
<07458>
was very
<03966>
severe
<03515>
; the land
<0776>
of Egypt
<04714>
and the land
<0776>
of Canaan
<03667>
wasted away
<03856>
because
<06440>
of the famine
<07458>
.
HEBREW
berh
<07458>
ynpm
<06440>
Nenk
<03667>
Uraw
<0776>
Myrum
<04714>
Ura
<0776>
hltw
<03856>
dam
<03966>
berh
<07458>
dbk
<03515>
yk
<03588>
Urah
<0776>
lkb
<03605>
Nya
<0369>
Mxlw (47:13)
<03899>
NETBible

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 1  because of the famine.

NET Notes

1 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.