Gen 41:57 | NET2full | STEP | People from every country came to Joseph in Egypt to buy grain because the famine was severe throughout the earth .

‏ Genesis 41:57

57 People from every country ^{▼▼tn Heb “all the earth,” which refers here (by metonymy) to the people of the earth. Note that the following verb is plural in form, indicating that the inhabitants of the earth are in view.} came to Joseph in Egypt to buy grain because the famine was severe throughout the earth.