King James Version

Genesis 43:1

And the famine was sore in the land.

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וְהָרָעָ֖בveharaavand the hungerרָעָבconjunction, definite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and the hunger”, the ordinary formH7458hunger (more or less extensive)dearth, famine, [phrase] famished, hunger.כָּבֵ֥דkavedheavyכָּבֵדadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “heavy”, the ordinary formH3515heavy; figuratively in a good sense (numerous) or in a bad sense (severe, difficult, stupid)(so) great, grievous, hard(-ened), (too) heavy(-ier), laden, much, slow, sore, thick.בָּאָֽרֶץbaaretsin earthאֶרֶץpreposition, with the article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “in earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And the famine was sore in the land.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And the famine was sore in the land.

Young’s Literal Translation

And the famine [is] severe in the land;

World English Bible

The famine was severe in the land.

Darby Translation

And the famine was grievous in the land.

Douay-Rheims

In the mean time the famine was heavy upon all the land.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And the famine was sore in the land.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

But the famine prevailed in the land.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ὁ δὲ λιμὸς ἐνίσχυσεν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

Darby Translation

Douay-Rheims

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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