Genesis 41:53

And the seven years of plenty are completed which have been in the land of Egypt,

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

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

In Context

52and the name of the second he has called Ephraim: “For God has caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.”

54and 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 has been bread;

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Cross References

Psalms 73:20As a dream from awakening, O Lord, || In awaking, You despise their image.

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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