The seven thin and ugly cattle that came up after them are seven years, and also the seven empty heads of grain blasted with the east wind; they will be seven years of famine.
Genesis 41:54 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) The seven years of famine began to come, just as Yosef had said. There was famine in all lands, but in all the land of Egypt there was bread. 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. |
The seven thin and ugly cattle that came up after them are seven years, and also the seven empty heads of grain blasted with the east wind; they will be seven years of famine.
There will arise after them 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 were in the land of Egypt, came to an end.
He said, *Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there, and buy for us from there, so that we may live, and not die.*
There I will nourish you; for there are yet five years of famine; lest you come to poverty, you, and your household, and all that you have.*'
There was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very severe, so that the land of Egypt and the land of Kena`an fainted by reason of the famine.
Now Elisha had spoken to the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go you and your household, and sojourn wherever you can sojourn: for the LORD has called for a famine; and it shall also come on the land seven years.
Now a famine came over all the land of Egypt and Kena`an, and great affliction. Our fathers found no food.