Genesis 41:54 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁵⁴ and the seven years of famine began to come, as Joseph had said. There was famine in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵⁴ The seven years of scarcity and famine began to come, as Joseph had said they would; the famine was in all [the surrounding] lands, but in all of Egypt there was food.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵⁴ 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.

Common English Bible

⁵⁴ and the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had said. The famine struck every country, but the entire land of Egypt had bread.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵⁴ the seven years of destitution, which Joseph had predicted, began to arrive. And the famine prevailed throughout the whole world, but there was bread in all the land of Egypt.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁵⁴ The seven years of scarcity, which Joseph had foretold, began to come: and the famine prevailed in the whole world. But there was bread in all the land of Egypt.

Genesis 41:54 Cross References

Genesis 41:27

The seven lean and gaunt cows that came up after them are seven years, and the seven empty ears blighted by the east wind are also seven years of famine.

Genesis 41:30

but after them there will arise seven years of famine, and all the plenty will be forgotten in the land of Egypt; the famine will consume the land,

Genesis 41:53

The seven years of plenty that prevailed in the land of Egypt came to an end;

Genesis 42:2

And he said, “Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt; go down and buy grain for us there, that we may live, and not die.”

Genesis 43:1

Now the famine was severe in the land.

Genesis 45:11

and there I will provide for you, for there are yet five years of famine to come; lest you and your household, and all that you have, come to poverty.’

Genesis 47:13

Now there was no food in all the land; for the famine was very severe, so that the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan languished by reason of the famine.

2 Kings 8:1

Now Elisha had said to the woman whose son he had restored to life, “Arise, and depart with your household, and sojourn wherever you can; for the Lord has called for a famine, and it will come upon the land for seven years.”

Psalm 105:16

When he summoned a famine on the land, and broke every staff of bread,

Acts 7:11

Now there came a famine throughout all Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction, and our fathers could find no food.