Genesis 41:29
“Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt:”
And the seven thin and ill favoured kine that came up after them are seven years; and the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind shall be seven years of famine.
This is the thing which I have spoken unto Pharaoh: What God is about to do he sheweth unto Pharaoh.
Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt:
And there shall arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine shall consume the land;
And the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine following; for it shall be very grievous.
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Cross-References
“The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one.”
“The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one.”
“And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for it was without number.”
“And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.”
“And the seven years of plenteousness, that was in the land of Egypt, were ended.”