Genesis 41:53

And so the seven good years in Egypt came to an end.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

And the seven years of plenteousness, that was in the land of Egypt, were ended.

In Context

52And to the second he gave the name Ephraim, for he said, God has given me fruit in the land of my sorrow.

54Then 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

Psalms 73:20As a dream when one is awake, they are ended; they are like an image gone out of mind when sleep is over.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 41:47-57

The Famine in Egypt and Canaan. ( b. c. 1706.) 46 And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt. 47 And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls. 48 And he gathered up all the food of the seven years, which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities: the food of the field, which was round about every city, laid he up in the same. 49 And Joseph gathered… Read the whole commentary →

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