Genesis 41:31

31 People will forget what it was like to have plenty of food, because the hunger that follows will be so great.

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 You will have seven years of good crops and plenty to eat in all the land of Egypt.

30 But after those seven years, there will come seven years of hunger, and all the food that grew in the land of Egypt will be forgotten. The time of hunger will eat up the land.

31 People will forget what it was like to have plenty of food, because the hunger that follows will be so great.

32 You had two dreams which mean the same thing. This shows that God has firmly decided that this will happen, and he will make it happen soon.

33 "So let the king choose a man who is very wise and understanding and set him over the land of Egypt.