Genesis 41:30

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 41:54 : 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.
  • Gen 47:13 : 13 But there was no food in all the land because the famine was very severe; the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan wasted away because of the famine.
  • Ps 105:16 : 16 He called down a famine upon the earth; he cut off all the food supply.
  • Jas 5:17 : 17 Elijah was a human being like us, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain and there was no rain on the land for three years and six months!
  • Prov 31:7 : 7 let them drink and forget their poverty, and remember their misery no more.
  • Isa 65:16 : 16 Whoever pronounces a blessing in the earth will do so in the name of the faithful God; whoever makes an oath in the earth will do so in the name of the faithful God. For past problems will be forgotten; I will no longer think about them.
  • Luke 4:25 : 25 But in truth I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in Elijah’s days, when the sky was shut up three and a half years, and there was a great famine over all the land.
  • 2 Sam 24:13 : 13 Gad went to David and told him,“Shall seven years of famine come upon your land? Or shall you flee for three months from your enemy with him in hot pursuit? Or shall there be three days of plague in your land? Now decide what I should tell the one who sent me.”
  • 1 Kgs 17:1 : 1 Elijah Visits a Widow in Sidonian Territory Elijah the Tishbite, from Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab,“As certainly as the LORD God of Israel lives(whom I serve), there will be no dew or rain in the years ahead unless I give the command.”
  • 2 Kgs 8:1 : 1 Elisha Again Helps the Shunammite Woman Now Elisha advised the woman whose son he had brought back to life,“You and your family should go and live somewhere else for a while, for the LORD has decreed that a famine will overtake the land for seven years.”
  • Gen 41:56 : 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.
  • Gen 41:21 : 21 When they had eaten them, no one would have known that they had done so, for they were just as bad-looking as before. Then I woke up.
  • Gen 41:27 : 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.
  • Gen 41:51 : 51 Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh, saying,“Certainly God has made me forget all my trouble and all my father’s house.”

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 41:31
    90%

    31The previous abundance of the land will not be remembered because of the famine that follows, for the famine will be very severe.

  • Gen 41:26-29
    4 verses
    89%

    26The seven good cows represent seven years, and the seven good heads of grain represent seven years. Both dreams have the same meaning.

    27The 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.

    28This is just what I told Pharaoh: God has shown Pharaoh what he is about to do.

    29Seven years of great abundance are coming throughout the whole land of Egypt.

  • Gen 41:34-36
    3 verses
    87%

    34Pharaoh 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.

    35They 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.

    36This 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.”

  • Gen 41:53-57
    5 verses
    83%

    53The seven years of abundance in the land of Egypt came to an end.

    54Then 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.

    55When 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.”

    56While 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.

    57People from every country came to Joseph in Egypt to buy grain because the famine was severe throughout the earth.

  • Gen 45:6
    78%

    6For these past two years there has been famine in the land and for five more years there will be neither plowing nor harvesting.

  • Gen 43:1
    78%

    1The Second Journey to Egypt Now the famine was severe in the land.

  • Gen 47:13
    78%

    13But there was no food in all the land because the famine was very severe; the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan wasted away because of the famine.

  • Acts 7:11
    78%

    11Then a famine occurred throughout Egypt and Canaan, causing great suffering, and our ancestors could not find food.

  • Gen 41:19-20
    2 verses
    76%

    19Then 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!

    20The lean, bad-looking cows ate up the seven fat cows.

  • Gen 41:47-48
    2 verses
    76%

    47During the seven years of abundance the land produced large, bountiful harvests.

    48Joseph 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 45:11
    76%

    11I 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.”’

  • Gen 41:6-7
    2 verses
    76%

    6Then seven heads of grain, thin and burned by the east wind, were sprouting up after them.

    7The thin heads swallowed up the seven healthy and full heads. Then Pharaoh woke up and realized it was a dream.

  • Gen 41:3-4
    2 verses
    75%

    3Then 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.

    4The bad-looking, thin cows ate the seven fine-looking, fat cows. Then Pharaoh woke up.

  • Gen 47:15
    74%

    15When the money from the lands of Egypt and Canaan was used up, all the Egyptians came to Joseph and said,“Give us food! Why should we die before your very eyes because our money has run out?”

  • Jer 42:16-17
    2 verses
    74%

    16the wars you fear will catch up with you there in the land of Egypt. The starvation you are worried about will follow you there to Egypt. You will die there.

    17All the people who are determined to go and settle in Egypt will die from war, starvation, or disease. No one will survive or escape the disaster I will bring on them.’

  • Gen 47:18
    73%

    18When that year was over, they came to him the next year and said to him,“We cannot hide from our lord that the money is used up and the livestock and the animals belong to our lord. Nothing remains before our lord except our bodies and our land.

  • Lev 25:20
    72%

    20If you say,‘What will we eat in the seventh year if we do not sow and gather our produce?’

  • Gen 41:1
    72%

    1Joseph’s Rise to Power At the end of two full years Pharaoh had a dream. As he was standing by the Nile,

  • Gen 41:23
    72%

    23Then seven heads of grain, withered and thin and burned with the east wind, were sprouting up after them.

  • Acts 7:18
    72%

    18until another king who did not know about Joseph ruled over Egypt.