Genesis 41:54

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Summary

And the seven years of dearth began to come, according as Joseph had said: and the dearth was in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.

The seven

According

Genesis 41:30

And the dearth

General references

Genesis 43:1

Acts 7:11

Bible References

The seven

Then behold, seven other cows came up after them from the Nile, ugly and gaunt, and they stood by the other cows on the bank of the Nile.

There I will also provide for you, for there are still five years of famine to come, and you and your household and all that you have would be impoverished.”’

And He called for a famine upon the land;
He broke the whole staff of bread.

“Now a famine came over all Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction with it, and our fathers could find no food.

According

and after them seven years of famine will come, and all the abundance will be forgotten in the land of Egypt, and the famine will ravage the land.

And the dearth

He said, “Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt; go down there and buy some for us from that place, so that we may live and not die.”

Now the famine was severe in the land.

There I will also provide for you, for there are still five years of famine to come, and you and your household and all that you have would be impoverished.”’

Now there was no food in all the land, because the famine was very severe, so that the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan languished because of the famine.

General references

Now the famine was severe in the land.

“Now a famine came over all Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction with it, and our fathers could find no food.