Genesis 41:53

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And so the seven good years in Egypt came to an end.

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  • Gen 41:29-31 : 29 Seven years are coming in which there will be great wealth of grain in Egypt; 30 And after that will come seven years when there will not be enough food; and the memory of the good years will go from men's minds; and the land will be made waste by the bad years; 31 And men will have no memory of the good time because of the need which will come after, for it will be very bitter.
  • Ps 73:20 : 20 As a dream when one is awake, they are ended; they are like an image gone out of mind when sleep is over.
  • Luke 16:25 : 25 But Abraham said, Keep in mind, my son, that when you were living, you had your good things, while Lazarus had evil things: but now, he is comforted and you are in pain.

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  • Gen 41:54-57
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    54 Then came the first of the seven years of need as Joseph had said: and in every other land they were short of food; but in the land of Egypt there was bread.

    55 And when all the land of Egypt was in need of food, the people came crying to Pharaoh for bread; and Pharaoh said to the people, Go to Joseph, and whatever he says to you, do it.

    56 And everywhere on the earth they were short of food; then Joseph, opening all his store-houses, gave the people of Egypt grain for money; so great was the need of food in the land of Egypt.

    57 And all lands sent to Egypt, to Joseph, to get grain, for the need was great over all the earth.

  • Gen 41:26-31
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    26 The seven fat cows are seven years, and the seven good heads of grain are seven years: the two have the same sense.

    27 The seven thin and poor-looking cows who came up after them are seven years; and the seven heads of grain, dry and wasted by the east wind, are seven years when there will be no food.

    28 As I said to Pharaoh before, God has made clear to him what he is about to do.

    29 Seven years are coming in which there will be great wealth of grain in Egypt;

    30 And after that will come seven years when there will not be enough food; and the memory of the good years will go from men's minds; and the land will be made waste by the bad years;

    31 And men will have no memory of the good time because of the need which will come after, for it will be very bitter.

  • Gen 41:35-37
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    35 And let them get together all the food in those good years and make a store of grain under Pharaoh's control for the use of the towns, and let them keep it.

    36 And let that food be kept in store for the land till the seven bad years which are to come in Egypt; so that the land may not come to destruction through need of food.

    37 And this seemed good to Pharaoh and to all his servants.

  • Gen 41:46-49
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    46 Now Joseph was thirty years old when he came before Pharaoh, king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from before the face of Pharaoh and went through all the land of Egypt.

    47 Now in the seven good years the earth gave fruit in masses.

    48 And Joseph got together all the food of those seven years, and made a store of food in the towns: the produce of the fields round every town was stored up in the town.

    49 So he got together a store of grain like the sand of the sea; so great a store that after a time he gave up measuring it, for it might not be measured.

  • Gen 43:1
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    1 And when the grain which they had got in Egypt was all used up, their father said to them, Go again and get us a little food.

  • Gen 47:13-15
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    13 Now there was no food to be had in all the land, so that all Egypt and Canaan were wasted from need of food.

    14 And all the money in Egypt and in the land of Canaan which had been given for grain, came into the hands of Joseph: and he put it in Pharaoh's house.

    15 And when all the money in Egypt and Canaan was gone, the Egyptians came to Joseph, and said, Give us bread; would you have us come to destruction before your eyes? for we have no more money.

  • Gen 45:6
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    6 For these two years have been years of need, and there are still five more years to come in which there will be no ploughing or cutting of grain.

  • Acts 7:11
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    11 Now there was no food to be had in all Egypt and Canaan, and there was great trouble: and our fathers were not able to get food.

  • Gen 41:1
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    1 Now after two years had gone by, Pharaoh had a dream; and in his dream he was by the side of the Nile;

  • Gen 47:18
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    18 And when that year was ended, they came to him in the second year, and said, We may not keep it from our lord's knowledge that all our money is gone, and all the herds of cattle are my lord's; there is nothing more to give my lord but our bodies and our land;

  • Gen 47:20
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    20 So Joseph got all the land in Egypt for Pharaoh; for every Egyptian gave up his land in exchange for food, because of their great need; so all the land became Pharaoh's.

  • Gen 41:52
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    52 And to the second he gave the name Ephraim, for he said, God has given me fruit in the land of my sorrow.

  • Gen 41:41
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    41 And Pharaoh said to Joseph, See, I have put you over all the land of Egypt.

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    11 And there I will take care of you, so that you and your family may not be in need, for there are still five bad years to come.

  • Gen 41:7
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    7 And the seven thin heads made a meal of the good heads. And when Pharaoh was awake he saw it was a dream.