Genesis 41:53

So the seuen yeeres of the plentie that was in the land of Egypt were ended.

Geneva Bible 1599

In The King James Version

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

In Context

52Also hee called the name of the second, Ephraim: For God, sayde he hath made me fruitfull in the land of mine affliction.

54Then began the seuen yeeres of famine to come, according as Ioseph had saide: and the famine was in all landes, but in all the land of Egypt was bread.

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Cross References

Psalms 73:20As a dreame when one awaketh! O Lord, when thou raisest vs vp, thou shalt make their image despised.

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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