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

And behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river, bad-looking and lean-fleshed, and stood by the kine on the bank of the river.

And there will I maintain thee; for yet there are five years of famine; in order that thou be not impoverished, thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast.

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

But a famine came upon all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great distress, and our fathers found no food.

According

And there will arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty will be forgotten in the land of Egypt, and the famine will waste away the land.

And the dearth

And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt; go down thither and buy grain for us from thence, in order that we may live, and not die.

And the famine was grievous in the land.

And there will I maintain thee; for yet there are five years of famine; in order that thou be not impoverished, thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast.

And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very grievous; and the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan were exhausted through the famine.

General references

And the famine was grievous in the land.

But a famine came upon all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great distress, and our fathers found no food.