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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;

KJV

quos sequentur septem anni alii tantæ sterilitatis, ut oblivioni tradatur cuncta retro abundantia : consumptura est enim fames omnem terram,

Vulgate

ἥξει δὲ ἑπτὰ ἔτη λιμοῦ μετὰ ταῦτα, καὶ ἐπιλησθήσονται τῆς πλησμονῆς ἐν ὅλῃ τῇ γῇ Αἰγύπτῳ, καὶ ἀναλώσει ὁ λιμὸς τὴν γῆν·

LXX

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;

ASV

וְ֠/קָמוּ שֶׁ֜בַע שְׁנֵ֤י רָעָב֙ אַחֲרֵי/הֶ֔ן וְ/נִשְׁכַּ֥ח כָּל הַ/שָּׂבָ֖ע בְּ/אֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרָ֑יִם וְ/כִלָּ֥ה הָ/רָעָ֖ב אֶת הָ/אָֽרֶץ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
ו
v
noun · 717×
יָּ֣קָם
yqm
verb · 626×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
ם
m
verb · 203×
מִצְרַ֔יִם
mtsrym
proper_noun · 634×
רָעָ֖ב
r'b
noun · 101×
שִׁבְעַ֥ת
shb't
adjective · 393×
שָׁכָֽחְתִּי
shkchty
verb · 102×
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 41:51 — And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: For God, said he, hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father’s house.
  • Gen 41:54 — And the seven years of dearth began to come, according as Joseph had said: and the dearth was in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.
  • Gen 41:54 — And the seven years of dearth began to come, according as Joseph had said: and the dearth was in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.
  • Gen 47:13 — And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very sore, so that the land of Egypt and all the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine.
  • Lam 3:17 — And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity.