Genesis 41:54
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had said. And although there was famine in every country, there was food throughout the land of Egypt.”
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“the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had said. And although there was famine in every country, there was food throughout the land of Egypt.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“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;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Genesis 41:54 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 41:3After them, seven other cows, sickly and thin, came up from the Nile and stood beside the well-fed cows on the bank of the river.
- Genesis 41:6After them, seven other heads of grain sprouted, thin and scorched by the east wind.
- Genesis 41:27Moreover, the seven thin, ugly cows that came up after them are seven years, and so are the seven worthless heads of grain scorched by the east wind—they are seven years of famine.
- Genesis 41:30but seven years of famine will follow them. Then all the abundance in the land of Egypt will be forgotten, and the famine will devastate the land.
- Genesis 42:2“Look,” he added, “I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy some for us, so that we may live and not die.”
- Genesis 42:5So the sons of Israel were among those who came to buy grain, since the famine had also spread to the land of Canaan.
- Genesis 42:6Now Joseph was the ruler of the land; he was the one who sold grain to all its people. So when his brothers arrived, they bowed down before him with their faces to the ground.
- Genesis 43:1Now the famine was still severe in the land.
- Genesis 45:11And there I will provide for you, because there will be five more years of famine. Otherwise, you and your household and everything you own will come to destitution.’
- Genesis 47:13There was no food, however, in all that region, because the famine was so severe; the lands of Egypt and Canaan had been exhausted by the famine.
- Psalms 105:16He called down famine on the land and cut off all their supplies of food.
- Acts 7:11Then famine and great suffering swept across Egypt and Canaan, and our fathers could not find food.
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