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Genesis 41:29

Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt:

KJV

ecce septem anni venient fertilitatis magnæ in universa terra Ægypti,

Vulgate

ἰδοὺ ἑπτὰ ἔτη ἔρχεται εὐθηνία πολλὴ ἐν πάσῃ γῇ Αἰγύπτῳ·

LXX

Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt:

ASV

הִנֵּ֛ה שֶׁ֥בַע שָׁנִ֖ים בָּא֑וֹת שָׂבָ֥ע גָּד֖וֹל בְּ/כָל אֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
גָּד֖וֹל
gdvl
verb · 528×
הִנֵּ֥ה
hnh
pronoun · 838×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
מִצְרַ֔יִם
mtsrym
proper_noun · 634×
שִׁבְעַ֥ת
shb't
adjective · 393×
שָׁנָ֔ה
shnh
verb · 877×
שָּׂבָע֙
shb'
noun · 8×

Prophecy

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Gen 41:26 — The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one.
  • Gen 45:6 — For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and yet there are five years, in the which there shall neither be earing nor harvest.