Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And there shall arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine shall consume the land;
Shall be
Consume
General references
Bible References
Seven years
Genesis 41:27
The seven thin, sickly cows that came up behind them are seven years. The seven empty heads of grain scorched by the east wind are also seven years. Seven years of famine are coming!
2 Samuel 24:13
Gad told David the three choices as follows: Seven years of famine could come to you and your land. You could flee from your enemies as they pursue you for three months. Or there could be a three-day plague in your land? Think it over, and decide what answer I should give the one who sent me.
1 Kings 17:1
Elijah the Tishbite, of Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab: By the living Jehovah, the God of Israel, whose servant I am, there will be no dew or rain in these years, but only at my word.
2 Kings 8:1
Elisha told the woman who lived in Shunem, whose son he brought back to life: Jehovah is sending a famine on the land. It will last for seven years. Leave with your family and go live somewhere else.
Luke 4:25
I tell you truth. There were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah. There was no rain from heaven three years and six months. There came a great famine over all the land.
James 5:17
Elijah was a man of like passions with us. He prayed fervently that it might not rain; and it did not rain on the earth for three years and six months.
Shall be
Genesis 41:21
Even though they had eaten the fat cows, no one could tell they had eaten them. They looked just as sick as before. Then I woke up.
Proverbs 31:7
Let him drink and forget his poverty. Let him remember his misery no more.
Isaiah 65:16
Whoever invokes a blessing in the land will do so by the God of (amen, so be it) truth; he who takes an oath in the land will swear by the God of truth. For the past troubles will be forgotten and hidden from my eyes.
Consume
Genesis 47:13
The famine was so severe that there was no food anywhere. The people of Egypt and Canaan became weak with hunger.
Psalm 105:16
Furthermore, he called for a famine on the land: he broke the whole staff of bread.
General references
Genesis 41:53
The seven years when there was plenty of food in Egypt came to an end.