Genesis 41:29

29 Seven years are coming when there will be plenty of food in Egypt.

Genesis 41:29 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 41:29

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 ^F13; 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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FOOTNOTES:

F13 Nat. Hist. l. 5. c. 9.

Genesis 41:29 In-Context

27 The seven thin, sickly cows that came up behind them are seven years. The seven empty heads of grain scorched by the east wind are also seven years. Seven years of famine are coming.

28 "It's just as I said to Pharaoh. God has shown Pharaoh what he's going to do.

29 Seven years are coming when there will be plenty of food in Egypt.

30 After them will come seven years of famine. People will forget that there was plenty of food in Egypt, and the famine will ruin the land.

31 People won't remember that there once was plenty of food in the land, because the coming famine will be so severe.