Genesis 41:29
Seven years of great abundance are coming throughout the whole land of Egypt.
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- Gen 41:26 : 26 The seven good cows represent seven years, and the seven good heads of grain represent seven years. Both dreams have the same meaning.
- Gen 41:46-47 : 46 Now Joseph was 30 years old when he began serving Pharaoh king of Egypt. Joseph was commissioned by Pharaoh and was in charge of all the land of Egypt. 47 During the seven years of abundance the land produced large, bountiful harvests.
- Gen 41:49 : 49 Joseph stored up a vast amount of grain, like the sand of the sea, until he stopped measuring it because it was impossible to measure.
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- Gen 41:30-378 verses89%
30 But seven years of famine will occur after them, and all the abundance will be forgotten in the land of Egypt. The famine will devastate the land.
31 The previous abundance of the land will not be remembered because of the famine that follows, for the famine will be very severe.
32 The dream was repeated to Pharaoh because the matter has been decreed by God, and God will make it happen soon.
33 “So now Pharaoh should look for a wise and discerning man and give him authority over all the land of Egypt.
34 Pharaoh should do this– he should appoint officials throughout the land to collect one-fifth of the produce of the land of Egypt during the seven years of abundance.
35 They should gather all the excess food during these good years that are coming. By Pharaoh’s authority they should store up grain so the cities will have food, and they should preserve it.
36 This food should be held in storage for the land in preparation for the seven years of famine that will occur throughout the land of Egypt. In this way the land will survive the famine.”
37 This advice made sense to Pharaoh and all his officials.
- Gen 41:53-575 verses82%
53 The seven years of abundance in the land of Egypt came to an end.
54 Then the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had predicted. There was famine in all the other lands, but throughout the land of Egypt there was food.
55 When all the land of Egypt experienced the famine, the people cried out to Pharaoh for food. Pharaoh said to all the people of Egypt,“Go to Joseph and do whatever he tells you.”
56 While the famine was over all the earth, Joseph opened the storehouses and sold grain to the Egyptians. The famine was severe throughout the land of Egypt.
57 People from every country came to Joseph in Egypt to buy grain because the famine was severe throughout the earth.
- Gen 41:25-284 verses80%
25 Then Joseph said to Pharaoh,“Both dreams of Pharaoh have the same meaning. God has revealed to Pharaoh what he is about to do.
26 The seven good cows represent seven years, and the seven good heads of grain represent seven years. Both dreams have the same meaning.
27 The seven lean, bad-looking cows that came up after them represent seven years, as do the seven empty heads of grain burned with the east wind. They represent seven years of famine.
28 This is just what I told Pharaoh: God has shown Pharaoh what he is about to do.
- Gen 41:46-483 verses80%
46 Now Joseph was 30 years old when he began serving Pharaoh king of Egypt. Joseph was commissioned by Pharaoh and was in charge of all the land of Egypt.
47 During the seven years of abundance the land produced large, bountiful harvests.
48 Joseph collected all the excess food in the land of Egypt during the seven years and stored it in the cities. In every city he put the food gathered from the fields around it.
- Gen 41:1-77 verses77%
1 Joseph’s Rise to Power At the end of two full years Pharaoh had a dream. As he was standing by the Nile,
2 seven fine-looking, fat cows were coming up out of the Nile, and they grazed in the reeds.
3 Then seven bad-looking, thin cows were coming up after them from the Nile, and they stood beside the other cows at the edge of the river.
4 The bad-looking, thin cows ate the seven fine-looking, fat cows. Then Pharaoh woke up.
5 Then he fell asleep again and had a second dream: There were seven heads of grain growing on one stalk, healthy and good.
6 Then seven heads of grain, thin and burned by the east wind, were sprouting up after them.
7 The thin heads swallowed up the seven healthy and full heads. Then Pharaoh woke up and realized it was a dream.
- Gen 41:18-203 verses76%
18 Then seven fat and fine-looking cows were coming up out of the Nile, and they grazed in the reeds.
19 Then seven other cows came up after them; they were scrawny, very bad-looking, and lean. I had never seen such bad-looking cows as these in all the land of Egypt!
20 The lean, bad-looking cows ate up the seven fat cows.
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11 Then a famine occurred throughout Egypt and Canaan, causing great suffering, and our ancestors could not find food.
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41 “See here,” Pharaoh said to Joseph,“I place you in authority over all the land of Egypt.”
- Gen 45:6-72 verses74%
6 For these past two years there has been famine in the land and for five more years there will be neither plowing nor harvesting.
7 God sent me ahead of you to preserve you on the earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance.
- Gen 41:22-232 verses74%
22 I also saw in my dream seven heads of grain growing on one stalk, full and good.
23 Then seven heads of grain, withered and thin and burned with the east wind, were sprouting up after them.
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11 I will provide you with food there because there will be five more years of famine. Otherwise you would become poor– you, your household, and everyone who belongs to you.”’
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18 Get your father and your households and come to me! Then I will give you the best land in Egypt and you will eat the best of the land.’
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1 The Second Journey to Egypt Now the famine was severe in the land.
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39 So Pharaoh said to Joseph,“Because God has enabled you to know all this, there is no one as wise and discerning as you are!