Genesis 41:31
The previous abundance of the land will not be remembered because of the famine that follows, for the famine will be very severe.
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- 1 Sam 5:6 : 6 The LORD attacked the residents of Ashdod severely, bringing devastation on them. He struck the people of both Ashdod and the surrounding area with sores.
- Isa 24:20 : 20 The earth will stagger around like a drunk; it will sway back and forth like a hut in a windstorm. Its sin will weigh it down, and it will fall and never get up again.
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- Gen 41:26-305 verses90%
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.
30But 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.
- Gen 41:32-365 verses84%
32The 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.
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 41:53-575 verses79%
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.
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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.
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1The Second Journey to Egypt Now the famine was severe in the land.
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6For these past two years there has been famine in the land and for five more years there will be neither plowing nor harvesting.
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11Then a famine occurred throughout Egypt and Canaan, causing great suffering, and our ancestors could not find food.
- Gen 41:47-493 verses75%
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.
49Joseph 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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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 41:19-202 verses73%
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.
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7The thin heads swallowed up the seven healthy and full heads. Then Pharaoh woke up and realized it was a dream.
- Jer 42:16-172 verses72%
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 41:3-42 verses72%
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.
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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?”
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10The Promised Blessing Jeopardized There was a famine in the land, so Abram went down to Egypt to stay for a while because the famine was severe.
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21“Nothing is left for him to devour; that is why his prosperity does not last.
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11Be certain of this, the time is coming,” says the Sovereign LORD,“when I will send a famine through the land– not a shortage of food or water but an end to divine revelation!
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24The thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven good heads of grain. So I told all this to the diviner-priests, but no one could tell me its meaning.”
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19They will not be ashamed when hard times come; when famine comes they will have enough to eat.