And the seven years of famine began to come, according as Joseph had said: and the famine was in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
World. Round about Egypt; such as Chanaan, Syria (Menochius)
There was. The Syriac and some Latin copies, read not: there was a famine. We must adhere to the Vulgate and Hebrew.