Genesis 41:54

Contemporary English Version 1995

and the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had said. There was not enough food in other countries, but all over Egypt there was plenty.

Cross References

Acts 7:11

Everywhere in Egypt and Canaan the grain crops failed. There was terrible suffering, and our ancestors could not find enough to eat.

Psalm 105:16

God kept crops from growing until food was scarce everywhere in the land.

Genesis 45:11

I will take care of you there during the next five years of famine. But if you don't come, you and your family and your animals will starve to death.”

Genesis 41:30

but that will be followed by seven years when there won't be enough. The good years of plenty will be forgotten, and everywhere in Egypt people will be starving.

Genesis 47:13

The famine was bad everywhere in Egypt and Canaan, and the people were suffering terribly.

Genesis 43:1

The famine in Canaan got worse,

Genesis 42:2

I have heard there is grain in Egypt. Go down and buy some, so we won't starve to death.”

Genesis 41:27

The seven skinny, ugly cows that came up later also stand for seven years, as do the seven bad heads of grain that were scorched by the desert wind. The dreams mean there will be seven years when there won't be enough grain.

Genesis 41:53

Egypt's seven years of plenty came to an end,

2 Kings 8:1

Elisha told the woman whose son he had brought back to life, “The Lord has warned that there will be no food here for seven years. Take your family and go live somewhere else for a while.”