The seven years of plenty that the land of Egypt had enjoyed came to an end,
He also said, “God has given me children in the land of my trouble”; so he named his second son Ephraim.
and the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had said. There was famine in every other country, but there was food throughout Egypt.
This is only the second year of famine in the land; there will be five more years in which there will be neither plowing nor reaping.
They are like a dream that goes away in the morning; when you rouse yourself, O Lord, they disappear.
But Abraham said, ‘Remember, my son, that in your lifetime you were given all the good things, while Lazarus got all the bad things. But now he is enjoying himself here, while you are in pain.