But they still looked thin and sick. You couldn’t even tell they had eaten the healthy cows. They looked as thin and sick as they did in the beginning. Then I woke up.
Genesis 41:30 - Easy To Read Version But then there will be seven years of hunger. People in Egypt will forget how much food there had been in the past. This famine [237] will ruin the country. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 and there shall arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine shall consume the land; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then there will come seven years of hunger and famine, and [there will be so much want that] all the great abundance of the previous years will be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and hunger (destitution, starvation) will exhaust (consume, finish) the land. American Standard Version (1901) and there shall arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine shall consume the land; Common English Bible After them, seven years of famine will appear, and all of the abundance in the land of Egypt will be forgotten. The famine will devastate the land. Catholic Public Domain Version After this, there will follow another seven years, of such great barrenness that all the former abundance will be delivered into oblivion. For the famine will consume all the land, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version After which shall follow other seven years of so great scacity, that all the abundance before shall be forgotten. For the famine shall consume all the land, |
But they still looked thin and sick. You couldn’t even tell they had eaten the healthy cows. They looked as thin and sick as they did in the beginning. Then I woke up.
And the seven thin, sick-looking cows and the seven thin heads of grain mean that there will be seven years of hunger in this area. These seven bad years will come after the seven good years.
The first son was named Manasseh. [239] Joseph named him this because Joseph said, “God made me forget all of the troubles I have had, and everything about my home.”
And the seven years of hunger began, just like Joseph had said. No food grew anywhere in any of the countries in that area. But in Egypt, people had plenty to eat! Why? Because Joseph had stored the grain.
There was famine [241] everywhere, so Joseph gave the people grain from the warehouses. Joseph sold the stored grain to the people of Egypt. The famine was bad in Egypt.
The time of hunger became worse. There was no food anywhere in the land. Egypt and Canaan became very poor because of this bad time.
Gad went to David and told him. Gad said to David, “{Choose one of these three things:}
Elijah was a prophet from the town of Tishbe in Gilead. Elijah said to King Ahab, “I serve the Lord God of Israel. By his power, I promise that no dew or rain will fall during the next few years. The rain will fall only if I command it to fall.”
Elisha talked to the woman whose son he had brought back to life. Elisha said, “You and your family should move to another country. Why? Because the Lord has decided that there will be a time of hunger here. This time of hunger will be in this country for seven years.”
God caused a famine {\cf2\super [550]} in that country.\par People did not have enough food to eat.\par
Let them drink and forget that they are poor. Let them forget all their troubles.
People now ask blessings from the earth.\par \{But in the future,\} they will ask blessings\par from the faithful God.\par People now trust in the power of the earth\par when they make a promise.\par \{But in the future,\} they will trust\par in the faithful God.\par Why? Because the troubles in the past\par will all be forgotten.\par My people will never again\par remember those troubles.\par
What I say is true. During the time of Elijah {\cf2\super [74]} it did not rain in Israel for three and a half years. There was no food anywhere in the whole country. There were many widows {\cf2\super [75]} in Israel during that time.
Elijah {\cf2\super [31]} was a person the same as us. He prayed that it would not rain. And it did not rain on the land for three and a half years!