Genesis Chapter 41 verse 54 Holy Bible
And the seven years of famine began to come, according as Joseph had said: and there was famine in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.
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Then came the first of the seven years of need as Joseph had said: and in every other land they were short of food; but in the land of Egypt there was bread.
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and the seven years of the dearth began to come, according as Joseph had said. And there was dearth in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.
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And the seven years of dearth began to come, according as Joseph had said: and the dearth was in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.
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And the seven years of dearth began to come, according as Joseph had said: and the dearth was in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.
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The seven years of famine began to come, just as Joseph had said. There was famine in all lands, but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.
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and the seven years of famine begin to come, as Joseph said, and famine is in all the lands, but in all the land of Egypt hath been bread;
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Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(54) The dearth.--As the Nile at this early period was not assisted and regulated in its overflow by dams and canals, famines were much more common in Egypt than when subsequently the kings had done so much to provide against this danger. As, too, this dearth was "in all lands," in Arabia, Palestine, Ethiopia, &c., there was evidently a long period of excessive drought. Still Egypt is always liable to famine, and Bar Hebraeus (Chronicon, p. 260) gives terrible details of the sufferings of Egypt in the year of the Hej'ra 462, when so great was the loss of life, that whereas in the city of Tanis (Zoan) 300,000 men paid poll-tax in the previous year, there remained in it less than a hundred souls at the end of the dearth.One argument adduced by Canon Cook, Excursus on the Bearings of Egyptian History on the Pentateuch, p. 451, for placing the descent of the Israelites into Egypt in the reign of Amenemha III., is that it was this monarch who "first established a complete system of dykes, canals, locks, and reservoirs, by which the inundations of the Nile were henceforth regulated." The artificial lake of Moeris was also made by his orders, and other works of extraordinary vastness. Now not only would such works be suggested by a dearth of unusually long continuance, but the measures taken by Joseph during the seven years of famine would place the whole resources of the country at the Pharaoh's disposal.Parallel Commentaries ...Hebrewthe sevenשֶׁ֣בַע (še·ḇa‘)Number - feminine singularStrong's 7651: Seven, seven times, a week, an indefinite numberyearsשְׁנֵ֤י (šə·nê)Noun - feminine plural constructStrong's 8141: A yearof famineהָרָעָב֙ (hā·rā·‘āḇ)Article | Noun - masculine singularStrong's 7458: Famine, hungerbegan,וַתְּחִלֶּ֜ינָה (wat·tə·ḥil·le·nāh)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine pluralStrong's 2490: To bore, to wound, to dissolve, to profane, to break, to begin, to playjust asכַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר (ka·’ă·šer)Preposition-k | Pronoun - relativeStrong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order thatJosephיוֹסֵ֑ף (yō·w·sêp̄)Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 3130: Joseph -- 'he increases', a son of Jacob, also the name of several Israeliteshad said.אָמַ֣ר (’ā·mar)Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singularStrong's 559: To utter, sayAnd although there wasוַיְהִ֤י (way·hî)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularStrong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, befamineרָעָב֙ (rā·‘āḇ)Noun - masculine singularStrong's 7458: Famine, hungerin everyבְּכָל־ (bə·ḵāl)Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular constructStrong's 3605: The whole, all, any, everycountry,הָ֣אֲרָצ֔וֹת (hā·’ă·rā·ṣō·wṯ)Article | Noun - feminine pluralStrong's 776: Earth, landthere wasהָ֥יָה (hā·yāh)Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singularStrong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, befoodלָֽחֶם׃ (lā·ḥem)Noun - masculine singularStrong's 3899: Food, bread, grainthroughoutוּבְכָל־ (ū·ḇə·ḵāl)Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular constructStrong's 3605: The whole, all, any, everythe landאֶ֥רֶץ (’e·reṣ)Noun - feminine singular constructStrong's 776: Earth, landof Egypt.מִצְרַ֖יִם (miṣ·ra·yim)Noun - proper - feminine singularStrong's 4714: Egypt -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their country in Northwest AfricaJump to PreviousBread Dearth Egypt Famine First Food Joseph Lands Need Seven Short Whole
