Genesis 41:54 BSB — MannaFest

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17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַתְּחִלֶּ֜ינָה	va.te.chi.Lei.nah	and they began	H2490 →
שֶׁ֣בַע	She.va'	seven	H7651 →
שְׁנֵ֤י	she.Nei	[the] years of	H8141 →
הָרָעָב֙	ha.ra.'Av	<the> famine	H7458 →
לָב֔וֹא	la.Vo'	to come	H935 →
כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר	ka.'a.Sher	just as	H834 →
אָמַ֣ר	'a.Mar	he had said	H559 →
יוֹסֵ֑ף	yo.Sef	Joseph	H3130 →
וַיְהִ֤י	vay.Hi	and it was	H1961 →
רָעָב֙	ra.'Av	a famine	H7458 →
בְּכָל־	be.khol	in all	H3605 →
הָ֣אֲרָצ֔וֹת	ha.'a.ra.Tzot	the lands	H776 →
וּבְכָל־	u.ve.Khol-	and in all	H3605 →
אֶ֥רֶץ	'E.retz	[the] land of	H776 →
מִצְרַ֖יִם	mitz.Ra.yim	Egypt	H4714 →
הָ֥יָה	Ha.yah	it was	H1961 →
לָֽחֶם׃	La.chem	food	H3899 →

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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.’
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.
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.
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.

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Acts 7:11Then famine and great suffering swept across Egypt and Canaan, and our fathers could not find food.Psalms 105:16He called down famine on the land and cut off all their supplies of food.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 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 41:57And every nation came to Joseph in Egypt to buy grain, because the famine was severe over all the earth.Genesis 45:6For the famine has covered the land these two years, and there will be five more years without plowing or harvesting.Genesis 41:6–7After them, seven other heads of grain sprouted, thin and scorched by the east wind.Genesis 43:1Now the famine was still severe in the land.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 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.Genesis 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.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 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.Genesis 42:1When Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why are you staring at one another?”

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