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John Gill's Exposition on Genesis 41:29

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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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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