Genesis 41:29

29 Seven years of great abundance are coming throughout the land of Egypt,

Genesis 41:29 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
29 Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt:
English Standard Version (ESV)
29 There will come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt,
New Living Translation (NLT)
29 The next seven years will be a period of great prosperity throughout the land of Egypt.
The Message Bible (MSG)
29 Seven years of plenty are on their way throughout Egypt.
American Standard Version (ASV)
29 Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt:
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
29 Seven years are coming when there will be plenty of food in Egypt.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
29 Seven years of great abundance are coming throughout the land of Egypt.
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
29 Seven years with plenty of food are coming to the whole land of 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.


FOOTNOTES:

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

Genesis 41:29 In-Context

27 The seven lean, ugly cows that came up afterward are seven years, and so are the seven worthless heads of grain scorched by the east wind: They are seven years of famine.
28 “It is just as I said to Pharaoh: God has shown Pharaoh what he is about to do.
29 Seven years of great abundance are coming throughout the land of Egypt,
30 but seven years of famine will follow them. Then all the abundance in Egypt will be forgotten, and the famine will ravage the land.
31 The abundance in the land will not be remembered, because the famine that follows it will be so severe.

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