Genesis 47:15
47:15 When the money from the lands of Egypt and Canaan was used up, all the Egyptians 1 came to Joseph and said, “Give us food! Why should we die 2 before your very eyes because our money has run out?”
1 tn Heb “all Egypt.” The expression is a metonymy and refers to all the people of Egypt.
2 tn The imperfect verbal form has a deliberative force here.