Genesi 41:54

54 cominciarono a venire i sette anni della fame, siccome Giuseppe avea detto; e vi fu fame per tutti i paesi; ma per tutto Egitto vi era del pane.

Genesi 41:54 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 41:54

And the seven years of dearth began to come, as Joseph had
said
In the interpretation of Pharaoh's dreams; as soon as the seven years of plenty were over, there were quickly some appearances of the famine coming on; as particularly the river Nile not flowing to its usual height at the season of it; hence there was a drought, the earth was parched, and everything began to wither and decay, and the seed that was sown sprung not up: and the dearth was in all lands;
adjoining to Egypt, as Syria, Arabia, Palestine, Canaan but in all the land of Egypt there was bread;
which was in the hands of everyone, and remained of their old stores in the years of plenty not yet exhausted, and which continued for some time after the dearth began. It is very probable that to this seven years' drought in Egypt Ovid ^F20 refers, which he makes to be nine; as does also Apollodorus {u}.

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FOOTNOTES:

F20 "Dicitur Aegyptus caruisse juvantibus arva Imbribus, atque annis sicca fuisse novem." --Ovid de Artc Amandi, l. 1. ver. 647.
F21 De Deor Orig. l. 2. p. 104.

Genesi 41:54 In-Context

52 E pose nome al secondo, Efraim; perciocchè, disse egli, Iddio mi ha fatto fruttare nel paese della mia afflizione.

53 Poi, finiti i sette anni dell’abbondanza che fu nel paese di Egitto;

54 cominciarono a venire i sette anni della fame, siccome Giuseppe avea detto; e vi fu fame per tutti i paesi; ma per tutto Egitto vi era del pane.

55 Alla fine tutto il paese di Egitto fu anch’esso affamato, e il popolo gridò a Faraone per del pane. E Faraone disse a tutti gli Egizj: Andate a Giuseppe, e fate ciò ch’egli vi dirà.

56 Ed essendo la fame per tutto il paese, Giuseppe aperse tutti i granai, e ne vendè agli Egizj. E la fame si aggravò nel paese di Egitto.