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Genesis 41:54 KJV
Genesis · chapter 41 · verse 54
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.Genesis 41:54 · King James Version
Genesis 41:54 in context
52And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.
53And the seven years of plenteousness, that was in the land of Egypt, were ended.
54And 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.
55And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread: and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians, Go unto Joseph; what he saith to you, do.
56And the famine was over all the face of the earth: And Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and the famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- dearthrâʻâbhungerH7458 →
- JosephYôwçêphJoseph, the name of seven IsraelitesH3130 →
- sevenshebaʻsevenH7651 →
- yearsshâneha yearH8141 →
- beganchâlalproperly, to boreH2490 →
- landsʼeretsthe earthH776 →
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Observe here, I. The building of Joseph's family in the birth of two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim, Gen 41:50-52. In the names he gave them, he owned the divine Providence giving this happy turn to his affairs, 1. He was made to forget his misery, Job 11:16.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 46-57