Genesis 41:53
And he named the second Epharaim, saying: God hath made me to grow in the land of my poverty.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
And the seven years of plenteousness, that was in the land of Egypt, were ended.
In Context
54Now when the seven years of the plenty that had been in Egypt were past:
Cross References
Psalms 73:20As the dream of them that awake, O Lord; so in thy city thou shalt bring their image to nothing.
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 →