Verse 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.

Referenced Verses

  • Acts 7:11 : 11 Then a famine occurred throughout Egypt and Canaan, causing great suffering, and our ancestors could not find food.
  • Ps 105:16 : 16 He called down a famine upon the earth; he cut off all the food supply.
  • Gen 45:11 : 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.”’
  • Gen 41:30 : 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.
  • Gen 42:2 : 2 He then said,“Look, I hear that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy grain for us so that we may live and not die.”
  • Gen 42:5-6 : 5 So Israel’s sons came to buy grain among the other travelers, for the famine was severe in the land of Canaan. 6 Now Joseph was the ruler of the country, the one who sold grain to all the people of the country. Joseph’s brothers came and bowed down before him with their faces to the ground.
  • Gen 43:1 : 1 The Second Journey to Egypt Now the famine was severe in the land.
  • 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.
  • Gen 41:3-4 : 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.
  • Gen 41:6-7 : 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 41:27 : 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.