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 after them seven other cows came out of the Nile, poor-looking and thin; and they were by the side of the other cows.

And there I will take care of you, so that you and your family may not be in need, for there are still five bad years to come.

And he took away all food from the land, so that the people were without bread.

Now there was no food to be had in all Egypt and Canaan, and there was great trouble: and our fathers were not able to get food.

According

And after that will come seven years when there will not be enough food; and the memory of the good years will go from men's minds; and the land will be made waste by the bad years;

And the dearth

And he said, I have had news that there is grain in Egypt: go down there and get grain for us, so that life and not death may be ours.

Now the land was in bitter need of food.

And there I will take care of you, so that you and your family may not be in need, for there are still five bad years to come.

Now there was no food to be had in all the land, so that all Egypt and Canaan were wasted from need of food.

General references

Now the land was in bitter need of food.

Now there was no food to be had in all Egypt and Canaan, and there was great trouble: and our fathers were not able to get food.