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Genesis 41:29

Old Testament Law (Torah) ASV (1901)

What does Genesis 41:29 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt:” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt:
Genesis 41:29 — American Standard Version

Context — Genesis 41

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
26The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one.
27And the seven lean and ill-favored kine that came up after them are seven years, and also the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind; they shall be seven years of famine.
28That is the thing which I spake unto Pharaoh: what God is about to do he hath showed unto Pharaoh.
29Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt:
30and 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;
31and the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine which followeth; for it shall be very grievous.
32And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh, it is because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt.] Not only a sufficiency but an abundance, even to luxury, as when the Nile rose to sixteen cubits, as Pliny observes f1712; which, though a natural cause, was owing to God, and that it should thus overflow for seven years successively, and cause such a continued plenty, can be ascribed to no other.”
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