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.
Genesis 41:54 - Easy To Read Version 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. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
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.
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.
For seven years, people had all the food they needed. But then those years ended.
I heard there is grain in Egypt for sale. So let’s go there to buy grain. Then we can live instead of just letting ourselves die!”
I will take care of you during the next five years of hunger. So you and your family will not lose everything you own.
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.
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.”
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But all the land of Egypt and of Canaan became dry. It became so dry that food could not grow there. This made the people suffer very much. Our fathers could not find anything to eat.