Genesis 47:13There was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very severe, so that the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine.
The setting
Egypt and Canaan, ~1875 BC. Year 3-4 of seven-year famine. Two great civilizations are starving. People are dying. Trade has collapsed. Governments are failing.
The emotion here: sobered by the magnitude of human suffering
The original word
ra'ab (רָעָב) — violent hunger that weakens and kills, not just being hungry
Why it matters
This famine affected the entire ancient Near East - cuneiform records confirm crop failures across multiple civilizations
Read with care
What most readers miss in Genesis 47:13
The word 'fainted' means these nations were literally collapsing - governments, armies, everything was failing
Common misconceptionPeople think this was a local drought, but this was a global catastrophe affecting multiple continents - the ancient world's first recorded international crisis.
The thread continues
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Bible Genome reading
Genesis 47:13 — Bible Genome reading
Emotional genome
Genesis 47:13 comes from the book of Genesis, written during the Patriarchal period. The setting is a royal palace. These words are attributed to narrator. The dominant emotion in this verse is anxious, with a comfort power of 15% and a tone that is lamenting. It belongs to the narrative genre of biblical literature. Key themes include scarcity, suffering. Notable phrases: no bread in all the land; famine was very severe.
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Verses that meet the same anxious
“And no wonder, for even Satan masquerades as an angel of light.”
— 2 Corinthians 11:14
“Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.”
— 2 Timothy 3:12
“The evil spirit answered, "Jesus I know, and Paul I know, but who are you?"”
— Acts 19:15
“I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to me, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?'”
— Acts 22:7
“When we had all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew language, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It is har…”
— Acts 26:14
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