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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
And the dearth
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Bible References
The seven
Genesis 41:3
And him thought that seven other cows came up after them out of the river; evil favored and lean fleshed and stood by the other upon the brink of the river.
Genesis 45:11
There will I make provision for thee: for there remain yet five years of dearth, lest thou and thy household and all that thou hast perish.'
Psalm 105:16
Moreover he called for a dearth upon the land, and destroyed all the provision of bread.
Acts 7:11
Then came there a dearth over all the land of Egypt, and Canaan, and great affliction, that our fathers found no sustenance.
According
Genesis 41:30
And there shall arise after them seven years of hunger. So that all the plenteousness shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt. And the hunger shall consume the land:
And the dearth
Genesis 42:2
Behold, I have heard that there is corn to be sold in Egypt. Get you thither and buy us corn from thence, that we may live and not die."
Genesis 43:1
And the dearth waxed sore in the land.
Genesis 45:11
There will I make provision for thee: for there remain yet five years of dearth, lest thou and thy household and all that thou hast perish.'
Genesis 47:13
There was no bread in all the land, for the dearth was exceeding sore: so that the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan, were famished by the reason of the dearth.
General references
Genesis 43:1
And the dearth waxed sore in the land.
Acts 7:11
Then came there a dearth over all the land of Egypt, and Canaan, and great affliction, that our fathers found no sustenance.