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 cows came up after them out of the river, ugly and lean-fleshed, and stood by the other cows upon the brink of the river.

And there I will nourish thee, for yet there are five years of famine, lest thou and thy household and all that thou hast perish of poverty.

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

Now there came a famine over all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great tribulation, and our fathers found no sustenance.

According

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;

And the dearth

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

And the famine was sore in the land.

And there I will nourish thee, for yet there are five years of famine, lest thou and thy household and all that thou hast perish of poverty.

And there was no bread in all the land, for the famine was very sore, so that the land of Egypt and all the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine.

General references

And the famine was sore in the land.

Now there came a famine over all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great tribulation, and our fathers found no sustenance.