Genesis 41:31

and plenty will not be known in the land because of that famine which follows, for it will be very severe.

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In The King James Version

And the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine following; for it shall be very grievous.

In Context

30and they will be followed by seven years of famine, so that all the plenty will be forgotten in the land of Egypt. The famine will consume all that the land produces;

32“The dream came twice to Pharaoh to indicate that its fulfillment is assured and that God will soon make it come true.

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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 →

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