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 from the Nile, {ugly and gaunt}, and they stood beside those cows on the bank of the Nile.

And I will provide for you there, because [there are] still five years of famine--lest you and your household and all that you have become destitute.'

Then he called for a famine upon the land; he broke every {supply} of bread.

And a famine came over all Egypt and Canaan and great affliction, and our fathers could not find food.

According

Then seven years of famine will arise after them, and all the abundance in the land of Egypt will be forgotten. The famine will consume the land.

And the dearth

Then he said, "Look, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy grain for us there that we may live and not die."

Now the famine in the land [was] severe.

And I will provide for you there, because [there are] still five years of famine--lest you and your household and all that you have become destitute.'

Now there was no food in all the land, for the famine [was] very severe. And the land of Egypt languished, with the land of Canaan, on account of the famine.

General references

Now the famine in the land [was] severe.

And a famine came over all Egypt and Canaan and great affliction, and our fathers could not find food.