Genesis 41:30
Seven years of famine will come after them, and all the abundance will be forgotten in the land of Egypt, and the famine will devastate the land.
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29Look, seven years of great abundance will come throughout all the land of Egypt.
Cross References
Genesis 41:27The seven thin and undesirable cows that came up after them are seven years, and also the seven thin heads scorched by the east wind will be seven years of famine.
Genesis 41:54The seven years of famine began, as Joseph had said. There was famine in all lands, but in all the land of Egypt there was food.
Genesis 47:13Now there was no food in all the land; for the famine was severe. The land of Egypt and the land of Canaan wasted away because of the famine.
1 Kings 17:1Elijah the Tishbite, from Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, “As Yahweh, the God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, there will not be dew or rain these years unless I say so.”
Psalms 105:16He called for a famine on the land; 1 he cut off the whole supply of bread. 1
Isaiah 65:16Whoever pronounces a blessing on the earth will be blessed by me, the God of truth. 1 Whoever takes an oath on the earth will swear by me, the God of truth, 1 because the former troubles will be forgotten, for they will be hidden from my eyes.
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 →