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Genesis 41:54

in Genesis 41

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.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

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.

KJV

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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This verse in Genesis 41

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

The seven years of dearth began to come - Owing in Egypt to the Nile not rising more than twelve or thirteen cubits; (See Clarke on Gen 41:31 (note)); but there must have been other causes which affected other countries, not immediately dependent on the Nile, though remotely connected with Egypt and Canaan. The dearth was in all lands - All the countries dependent on the Nile.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

It is here said that in the land of Egypt there was bread, meaning probably, not only that which Joseph had bought up for the king, but that which private persons, by his example, and upon the public notice of this prediction, as well as by the rules of common prudence, had laid up. The performance of Joseph's trust. He was found faithful to it, as a steward ought to be.
And the seven years of dearth began to come, as Joseph had said,....

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

But improvident as men commonly are in the time of prosperity, they found themselves in want, and would have starved by thousands had not Joseph anticipated and provided for the protracted calamity.

The words behind it

17 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַתְּחִלֶּ֜ינָהand they began

    vatechileinahH2490 →143 times

  • שֶׁ֣בַעseven

    sheva'H7651 →394 times

  • שְׁנֵ֤י[the] years of

    sheneiH8141 →877 times

  • הָרָעָב֙<the> famine

    haraavH7458 →101 times

  • לָב֔וֹאto come

    lavo'H935 →2568 times

  • כַּאֲשֶׁ֖רjust as

    kaasherH834 →5497 times

  • אָמַ֣רhe had said

    ʾamarH559 →5305 times

  • יוֹסֵ֑ףJoseph

    yosefH3130 →213 times

  • וַיְהִ֤יand it was

    vayhiH1961 →3559 times

  • רָעָב֙a famine

    raavH7458 →101 times

  • בְּכָל־in all

    bekholH3605 →5413 times

  • הָ֣אֲרָצ֔וֹתthe lands

    haaratzotH776 →2504 times

  • וּבְכָל־and in all

    uvekhol-H3605 →5413 times

  • אֶ֥רֶץ[the] land of

    ʾeretzH776 →2504 times

  • מִצְרַ֖יִםEgypt

    mitzrayimH4714 →641 times

  • הָ֥יָהit was

    hayahH1961 →3559 times

  • לָֽחֶם׃food

    lachemH3899 →298 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

14 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Acts 7:11Then famine and great suffering swept across Egypt and Canaan, and our fathers could not find food.6 worksPsalms 105:16He called down famine on the land and cut off all their supplies of food.6 worksGenesis 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.’5 worksGenesis 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.5 worksGenesis 41:57And every nation came to Joseph in Egypt to buy grain, because the famine was severe over all the earth.3 worksGenesis 45:6For the famine has covered the land these two years, and there will be five more years without plowing or harvesting.3 works
The other 8 cross-references, with their words ▾
Genesis 41:6–7After them, seven other heads of grain sprouted, thin and scorched by the east wind.2 worksGenesis 43:1Now the famine was still severe in the land.2 worksGenesis 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.2 worksGenesis 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.2 worksGenesis 42:5–6So the sons of Israel were among those who came to buy grain, since the famine had also spread to the land of Canaan.2 worksGenesis 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.”2 worksGenesis 41:3–4After 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.2 worksGenesis 42:1When Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why are you staring at one another?”2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Genesis 45:11

    And 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.’

    it leads to

    • Genesis 47:12

      Joseph also provided his father and brothers and all his father’s household with food for their families.

    • Genesis 47:6

      the land of Egypt is before you; settle your father and brothers in the best part of the land. They may dwell in the land of Goshen. And if you know of any talented…

    • Matthew 15:5–6

      But you say that if anyone says to his father or mother, ‘Whatever you would have received from me is a gift devoted to God,’

  • Through

    Psalms 105:16

    He called down famine on the land and cut off all their supplies of food.

    it leads to

    • Ezekiel 4:16

      Then He told me, “Son of man, I am going to cut off the supply of food in Jerusalem. They will anxiously eat bread rationed by weight, and in despair they will drink water…

    • Isaiah 3:1

      For behold, the Lord GOD of Hosts is about to remove from Jerusalem and Judah both supply and support: the whole supply of food and water,

    • Leviticus 26:26

      When I cut off your supply of bread, ten women will bake your bread in a single oven and dole out your bread by weight, so that you will eat but not be satisfied.

    • Acts 7:11

      Then famine and great suffering swept across Egypt and Canaan, and our fathers could not find food.

  • Through

    Genesis 41:30

    but 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.

    it leads to

    • Genesis 47:13

      There 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.

Where this verse is studied

About Genesis

Joseph Interprets Pharaoh's Dream — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Joseph Interprets Pharaoh's Dream — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Genesis: the study guide →Read Genesis 41 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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