Behold, seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt are coming.
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Behold, seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt are coming.
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Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt:
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Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt.
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Passages linked to Genesis 41:29 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Genesis 41:46-47 Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt. In the seven plenteous years the earth produced abundantly.
- Genesis 41:26 The seven good cattle are seven years; and the seven good heads of grain are seven years. The dream is one.
- Genesis 41:49 Joseph laid up grain as the sand of the sea, very much, until he stopped counting, for it was without number.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Or, abundance and saturity.
Or, abundance and saturity.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh…
And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice,.... Or was repeated to him under different figures and images:
it is because the thing is established by God; by a firm decree of his, and is sure, and will most certainly be accomplished; of which Pharaoh might be assured, and to assure him of it was the repetition of the dream made:
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and God will shortly bring it to pass: or "make haste to do it" (o), that is, would soon begin to accomplish these events; for, as Bishop Usher (p) observes, from the harvest of this (the then present) year, the seven years of plenty are reckoned.
(o) "festinans Deus ad faciendum", Montanus; "accelerat facere", Drusius; "festinat facere", Piscator. (p) Annal. Ver. Test. p. 15.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain See the goodness of God, in sending the seven…
See the goodness of God, in sending the seven years of plenty before those of famine, that provision might be made accordingly. How wonderful wisely has Providence, that great house-keeper, ordered the affairs of this numerous family from the beginning! Great variety of seasons there have been and the produce of the earth sometimes more, and sometimes less; yet take one time with another, what was miraculous concerning the manna, is ordinarily verified in the common course of Providence; He that gathers much has nothing over, and he that gathers little has no lack, Exod. xvi, 18.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Gen 41:29. Seven years of great plenty — See…
Gen 41:29. Seven years of great plenty — See the goodness of God, in sending the seven years of plenty before those of famine, that provision might be made accordingly. How wonderful wisely has Providence that great house-keeper, ordered the affairs of his numerous family from the beginning! Great variety of seasons there have been, and the produce of the earth sometimes more, and sometimes less; yet, take one time with another, what was miraculous concerning the manna is ordinarily verified in the common course of Providence; “He that gathers much has nothing over, and he that gathers little has no lack,” Exo 16:18.
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