The seven lean and ugly cows that came up after them are seven years, as are the seven empty ears blighted by the east wind. They are seven years of famine.
Genesis 41:54 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 and the seven years of famine began to come, just as Joseph had said. There was famine in every country, but throughout the land of Egypt there was bread. Plus de versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 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 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. |
The seven lean and ugly cows that came up after them are seven years, as are the seven empty ears blighted by the east wind. They are seven years of famine.
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.
The seven years of plenty that prevailed in the land of Egypt came to an end,
I have heard,” he said, “that there is grain in Egypt; go down and buy grain for us there, that we may live and not die.”
I will provide for you there, since there are five more years of famine to come, so that you and your household and all that you have will not come to poverty.’
Now there was no food in all the land, for the famine was very severe. The land of Egypt and the land of Canaan languished because of the famine.
Now Elisha had said to the woman whose son he had restored to life, “Get up and go with your household and settle wherever you can, for the Lord has called for a famine, and it will come on the land for seven years.”
When he summoned famine against the land and cut off every supply of bread,
Now there came a famine throughout Egypt and Canaan and great suffering, and our ancestors could find no food.