Genesis 41:31

31 Abundance in the land will not be known because of the famine {that follows}, for it will be very heavy.

Genesis 41:31 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 41:31

And the plenty shall not be known in the land, by reason of
that famine following
That is, before it would be over; otherwise the former plenty was in some measure known by the stores of provisions laid up in the seven years of it, and which were brought forth when the famine became very pressing; but by that time, and before the seven years of it were ended, there were no traces of the foregoing plenty to be observed: for it [shall be] very grievous;
as it was both in Egypt and in all the countries round about.

Genesis 41:31 In-Context

29 Behold, seven years of great abundance are coming throughout the whole land of Egypt.

30 Then seven years of famine will arise after them, and all the abundance in the land of Egypt will be forgotten. The famine will consume the land.

31 Abundance in the land will not be known because of the famine {that follows}, for it will be very heavy.

32 Now concerning the repetition of the dream twice to Pharaoh, [it is] because the matter [is] established by God, and God will do [it] quickly.

33 Now then, let Pharaoh select a man [who is] discerning and wise, and let him set him over the land of Egypt.

Footnotes

• [a]. Literally "that thus afterwards"