Genesis 41:54 “the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had said. And although…”

Genesis 41:54

the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had said. And although there was famine in every country, there was food throughout the land of Egypt.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

The seven years of famine began to come, just as Joseph had said. There was famine in all lands, but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.

American Standard Version

And the seven years of famine began to come, according as Joseph had said: and there was famine in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.

Geneva Bible 1599

Then began the seuen yeeres of famine to come, according as Ioseph had saide: and the famine was in all landes, but in all the land of Egypt was bread.

Darby Translation

and the seven years of the dearth began to come, according as Joseph had said. And there was dearth in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.

Young's Literal Translation

and the seven years of famine begin to come, as Joseph said, and famine is in all the lands, but in all the land of Egypt hath been bread;

Bible in Basic English

Then came the first of the seven years of need as Joseph had said: and in every other land they were short of food; but in the land of Egypt there was bread.

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Cross references

“the seven”

Acts 7:11 Genesis 45:11 Psalm 105:16 Genesis 41:27 Genesis 41:3 Genesis 41:4

Acts 7:11 · BSB

Then famine and great suffering swept across Egypt and Canaan, and our fathers could not find food.

Genesis 45:11 · BSB

And there I will provide for you, because there will be five more years of famine. Otherwise, you and your household and everything you own will come to destitution.’

Psalm 105:16 · BSB

He called down famine on the land and cut off all their supplies of food.

Genesis 41:27 · BSB

Moreover, the seven thin, ugly cows that came up after them are seven years, and so are the seven worthless heads of grain scorched by the east wind—they are seven years of famine.

Genesis 41:3 · BSB

After them, seven other cows, sickly and thin, came up from the Nile and stood beside the well-fed cows on the bank of the river.

Genesis 41:4 · BSB

And the cows that were sickly and thin devoured the seven sleek, well-fed cows. Then Pharaoh woke up,

“and the dearth”

Genesis 42:2 Genesis 43:1 Genesis 47:13 Genesis 42:5 Genesis 42:6

Genesis 42:2 · BSB

“Look,” he added, “I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy some for us, so that we may live and not die.”

Genesis 43:1 · BSB

Now the famine was still severe in the land.

Genesis 47:13 · BSB

There was no food, however, in all that region, because the famine was so severe; the lands of Egypt and Canaan had been exhausted by the famine.

Genesis 42:5 · BSB

So the sons of Israel were among those who came to buy grain, since the famine had also spread to the land of Canaan.

Genesis 42:6 · BSB

Now Joseph was the ruler of the land; he was the one who sold grain to all its people. So when his brothers arrived, they bowed down before him with their faces to the ground.

Also

Genesis 41:30

Genesis 41:30 · BSB

but seven years of famine will follow them. Then all the abundance in the land of Egypt will be forgotten, and the famine will devastate the land.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

53When the seven years of abundance in the land of Egypt came to an end,

55When extreme hunger came to all the land of Egypt and the people cried out to Pharaoh for food, he told all the Egyptians, “Go to Joseph and do whatever he tells you.”

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