SEV Biblia, Chapter 41:56
Y había hambre por toda la faz de la tierra. Entonces abrió José todo granero donde había, y vendía a los egipcios; porque el hambre había crecido en la tierra de Egipto.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Genesis 41:56
Verse 56. Over all the face of the earth] The original, ynp lk Ĺrah col peney haarets, should be translated, all the face of that land, viz., Egypt, as it is explained at the end of the verse.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 46-57 - In the names of his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim, Joseph owned the Divine providence. 1. He was made to forget his misery. 2. He was mad fruitful in the land of his affliction. The seven plenteous years came and were ended. We ought to look forward to the end of the days, bot of our prosperity and of our opportunity. We must not be secure in prosperity, nor slothful in making good use of opportunity. Years of plenty will end; what thy hand finds to do, do it; and gather in gathering time. The dearth came, and the famine was not only in Egypt but in other lands. Joseph was diligent in laying up, while the plent lasted. He was prudent and careful in giving out, when the famine came Joseph was engaged in useful and important labours. Yet it was in the midst of this his activity that his father Jacob said, Joseph is not What a large portion of our troubles would be done away if we knew the whole truth! Let these events lead us to Jesus. There is a famine of the bread of life throughout the whole earth. God to Jesus, and what he bids you, do. Attend to His voice, apply to him; he will open his treasures, and satisfy with goodness the hungry soul of every age an nation, without money and without price. But those who slight thi provision must starve, and his enemies will be destroyed __________________________________________________________________
Original Hebrew
והרעב 7458 היה 1961 על 5921 כל 3605 פני 6440 הארץ 776 ויפתח 6605 יוסף 3130 את 853 כל 3605 אשׁר 834 בהם וישׁבר 7666 למצרים 4713 ויחזק 2388 הרעב 7458 בארץ 776 מצרים׃ 4714
