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Genesis 41:31

Old Testament Law (Torah) ASV (1901)

What does Genesis 41:31 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “and the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine which followeth; for it shall be very grievous.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

and the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine which followeth; for it shall be very grievous.
Genesis 41:31 — American Standard Version

Context — Genesis 41

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
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.
33Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt.
34Let Pharaoh do [this], and let him appoint overseers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years.
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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
“And the plenty shall not be known in the land, by reason of that famine following, etc.] That is, before it would be over; otherwise the former plenty was in some measure known by the stores of provisions laid up in the seven years of it, and which were brought forth when the famine became very pressing; but by that time, and before the seven years of it were ended, there were no traces of the foregoing plenty to be observed: for it [shall be] very grievous; as it was both in Egypt and in all the countries round about.”
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