And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy [corn]; because that the famine was [so] sore in all lands.
Ver. 57. All countries came to Joseph, &c.] Foreigners also should be relieved so much as may be. King Edward VI sent five thousand pounds to relieve Protestants beyond the seas. a Geneva received our fugitives for religion in Queen Mary's time: and Strasburg, the poor banished Lorrainers, that were well nigh famished, being forced to feed on hips and haws, &c.
a Hi frondibus et gramine vescebantur. - Scultet., Annal., p. 315.