Genesis 41:29
Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt:
Genesis 41:29 in other translations
| BSB | Behold, seven years of great abundance are coming throughout the land of Egypt, |
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| WEB | Behold, seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt are coming. |
| ASV | Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt: |
| YLT | ‘Lo, seven years are coming of great abundance in all the land of Egypt, |
| DARBY | Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout the land of Egypt. |
| BBE | Seven years are coming in which there will be great wealth of grain in Egypt; |
| Webster | Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt: |
What does Genesis 41:29 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 41:9-32
God's time for the enlargement of his people is the fittest time. If the chief butler had got Joseph to be released from prison, it is probable he would have gone back to the land of the Hebrews. Then he had neither been so blessed himself, nor such a blessing to his family, as afterwards he proved. Joseph, when introduced to Pharaoh, gives honour to God. Pharaoh had dreamed that he stood upon the bank of the river…
Genesis 41:29 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Genesis 41:29
- Genesis 41:46-47
And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt. And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls.
- Genesis 41:26
The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one.
- Genesis 41:49
And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for it was without number.
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Context
- Genesis 41:28
This is the thing which I have spoken unto Pharaoh: What God is about to do he sheweth unto Pharaoh.
- Genesis 41:29
Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt:
- Genesis 41:30
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;
Genesis 41:29 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | He aquí vienen siete años de grande hartura en toda la tierra de Egipto: |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Voici, sept années de grande abondance viennent dans tout le pays d’Égypte; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Siehe, sieben Jahre kommen, großer Überfluß wird sein im ganzen Lande Ägypten. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | ecce septem anni venient fertilitatis magnæ in universa terra Ægypti, |