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Genesis 41:30

Egypt
The future and plans

28 It is just as I said to Pharaoh: God has shown Pharaoh what He is about to do.

29 Behold, seven years of great abundance are coming throughout the land of Egypt,

but seven years of famine will follow them. Then all the abundance in the land of Egypt will be forgotten, and the famine will devastate the land.

31 The abundance in the land will not be remembered, since the famine that follows it will be so severe.

32 Moreover, because the dream was given to Pharaoh in two versions, the matter has been decreed by God, and He will carry it out shortly.

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BSB
but seven years of famine will follow them. Then all the abundance in the land of Egypt will be forgotten, and the famine will devastate the land.
KJV
And there shall arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine shall consume the land;
WEB
Seven years of famine will arise after them, and all the plenty will be forgotten in the land of Egypt. The famine will consume the land,
ASV
and there shall arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine shall consume the land;
DARBY
And there will arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty will be forgotten in the land of Egypt, and the famine will waste away the land.
BLB
and seven years of famine will arise after them, and all the abundance in the land of Egypt will be forgotten, and the famine will consume the land.
ÅB
men etter dem kommer det syv hungersår, så all denne overflod skal bli glemt i Egypt, og hungeren skal arme ut landet;
OTB
men sju år med hungersnød vil følge dem. Da vil all overfloden i Egypt bli glemt, og hungersnøden vil ødelegge landet.
B1930
men efter dem kommer det syv hungersår, så all denne overflod skal bli glemt i Egyptens land, og hungeren skal arme ut landet;

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Genesis 47:13

    There was no food, however, in all that region, because the famine was so severe; the lands of Egypt and Canaan had been exhausted by the famine.

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  • Genesis 41:54

    the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had said. And although there was famine in every country, there was food throughout the land of Egypt.

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  • James 5:17

    Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years.

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  • Psalms 105:16

    He called down famine on the land and cut off all their supplies of food.

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  • 1 Kings 17:1

    Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was among the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As surely as the LORD lives—the God of Israel before whom I stand—there will be neither dew nor rain in these years except at my word!”

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  • Luke 4:25

    But I tell you truthfully that there were many widows in Israel in the time of Elijah, when the sky was shut for three and a half years and great famine swept over all the land.

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  • Genesis 41:27

    Moreover, the seven thin, ugly cows that came up after them are seven years, and so are the seven worthless heads of grain scorched by the east wind—they are seven years of famine.

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  • Isaiah 65:16

    Whoever invokes a blessing in the land will do so by the God of truth, and whoever takes an oath in the land will swear by the God of truth. For the former troubles will be forgotten and hidden from My sight.

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