# All the earth was coming to [Egypt](rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/egypt)

Here "earth" stands for the people from all regions. AT: "People were coming to [Egypt](rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/egypt) from all the surrounding regions" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

# in all the earth

"throughout the land." It is likely that all the different trading partners and nations that were part of the [Egypt](rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/egypt)ian trading routes effected by the drought came to [Egypt](rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/egypt) for grain.