Genesis 41:29
Seven years are coming in which there will be great wealth of grain in Egypt;
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt:
In Context
28As I said to Pharaoh before, God has made clear to him what he is about to do.
Cross References
Genesis 41:26The seven fat cows are seven years, and the seven good heads of grain are seven years: the two have the same sense.
Genesis 41:49So he got together a store of grain like the sand of the sea; so great a store that after a time he gave up measuring it, for it might not be measured.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 41:18-33
Joseph Interprets Pharaoh's Dream. ( b. c. 1715.) 17 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon the bank of the river: 18 And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fatfleshed and well favoured; and they fed in a meadow: 19 And, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill favoured and leanfleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness: 20 And the lean and the ill favoured kine did eat up the first seven fat kine: 21 And when they had eaten… Read the whole commentary →