Genesis 41:53
The seven years of abundance in the land of Egypt came to an end.
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- Gen 41:29-31 : 29 Seven years of great abundance are coming throughout the whole land of Egypt. 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.
- Ps 73:20 : 20 They are like a dream after one wakes up. O Lord, when you awake you will despise them.
- Luke 16:25 : 25 But Abraham said,‘Child, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things and Lazarus likewise bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in anguish.
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- Gen 41:54-574 verses84%
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 41:26-316 verses82%
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.
29 Seven years of great abundance are coming throughout the whole land of Egypt.
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.
- Gen 41:35-373 verses79%
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 41:46-494 verses76%
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.
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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1 The Second Journey to Egypt Now the famine was severe in the land.
- Gen 47:13-153 verses74%
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.
14 Joseph collected all the money that could be found in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan as payment for the grain they were buying. Then Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh’s palace.
15 When 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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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.
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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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1 Joseph’s Rise to Power At the end of two full years Pharaoh had a dream. As he was standing by the Nile,
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18 When 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.
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20 So Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh. Each of the Egyptians sold his field, for the famine was severe. So the land became Pharaoh’s.
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52 He named the second child Ephraim, saying,“Certainly God has made me fruitful in the land of my suffering.”
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41 “See here,” Pharaoh said to Joseph,“I place you in authority over all the land of Egypt.”
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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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7 The thin heads swallowed up the seven healthy and full heads. Then Pharaoh woke up and realized it was a dream.