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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.

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Bible References

The seven

Genesis 41:3
And lo! seven heifers more coming up after them out of the river, uncomely in appearance and lean in flesh, - and they came and stood beside the heifers, by the lip of the river.
Genesis 45:11
so will I sustain thee, there, for there are yet five years of famine, - lest thou come to poverty - thou and thy house and all who are thine.
Psalm 105:16
Then called he a famine over the and, All the staff of bread, he brake;
Acts 7:11
And there came a famine upon all Egypt and Canaan, and great tribulation, and our fathers could not find pasture.

According

Genesis 41:30
Then shall arise seven years of famine, after them, so shall be forgotten all the plenty in the land of Egypt, - and the famine shall consume the land;

And the dearth

Genesis 42:2
And he said, Lo I have heard that there is corn in Egypt, - Go down thither and buy corn for us from thence, that we may live and not die.
Genesis 43:1
But the famine, was severe in the land.
Genesis 45:11
so will I sustain thee, there, for there are yet five years of famine, - lest thou come to poverty - thou and thy house and all who are thine.
Genesis 47:13
But, bread, was there none in all the land, - for the famine was, very severe, - so that the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine,

General references

Genesis 43:1
But the famine, was severe in the land.
Acts 7:11
And there came a famine upon all Egypt and Canaan, and great tribulation, and our fathers could not find pasture.