Gen 47:13 | NET2full | STEP | 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 because of the famine .

‏ Genesis 47:13

13 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 ^{▼▼tn The verb לַהַה (lahah, = לָאָה, laʾah) means “to faint, to languish”; it figuratively describes the land as wasting away, drooping, being worn out.} because of the famine.