Genesis 41:30

God's Word

After them will come seven years of famine. People will forget that there was plenty of food in Egypt, and the famine will ruin the land.

Cross References

Genesis 41:21

Even though they had eaten them, no one could tell they had eaten them. They looked just as sick as before. Then I woke up.

Genesis 41:27

The seven thin, sickly cows that came up behind them are seven years. The seven empty heads of grain scorched by the east wind are also seven years. Seven years of famine are coming.

Genesis 41:31

People won’t remember that there once was plenty of food in the land, because the coming famine will be so severe.

Genesis 41:51

Joseph named his firstborn son Manasseh [He Helps Me Forget], because God helped him forget all his troubles and all about his father’s family.

Genesis 41:54

Then the seven years of famine began as Joseph had said they would. All the other countries were experiencing famine. Yet, there was food in Egypt.

Genesis 41:56

When the famine had spread all over the country, Joseph opened all the storehouses  and sold grain to the Egyptians. He did this because the famine was severe in Egypt.

Genesis 47:13

The famine was so severe that there was no food anywhere. Neither Egypt nor Canaan were producing crops because of the famine.

2 Samuel 24:13

When Gad came to David, he told David this and asked, “Should seven years of famine come to you and your land, or three months during which you flee from your enemies as they pursue you, or should there be a three-day plague in your land? Think it over, and decide what answer I should give the one who sent me.”

1 Kings 17:1

Elijah, who was from Tishbe but had settled in Gilead, said to Ahab, “I solemnly swear, as the Lord God of Israel whom I serve lives, there will be no dew or rain during the next few years unless I say so.”

2 Kings 8:1

Elisha had told the woman whose son he had brought back to life, “Go away with your family. Stay wherever you can. The Lord has decided to send a famine on this country, and it will last seven years.”

Psalm 105:16

He brought famine to the land. He took away their food supply.

Proverbs 31:7

Such a person drinks and forgets his poverty and does not remember his trouble anymore.

Isaiah 65:16

Whoever asks for a blessing in the land will be blessed by the God of Truth. Whoever swears an oath in the land will swear by the God of Truth. Past troubles are forgotten. They are hidden from my eyes.

Luke 4:25

“I can guarantee this truth: There were many widows in Israel in Elijah’s time. It had not rained for three-and-a-half years, and the famine was severe everywhere in the country.

James 5:17

Elijah was human like us. Yet, when he prayed that it wouldn’t rain, no rain fell on the ground for three-and-a-half years.