Genesis 41:31

31 The time of plenty will be entirely forgotten, because the famine which follows will be so terrible.

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 There will be seven years of great plenty in all the land of Egypt.

30 After that, there will be seven years of famine, and all the good years will be forgotten, because the famine will ruin the country.

31 The time of plenty will be entirely forgotten, because the famine which follows will be so terrible.

32 The repetition of your dream means that the matter is fixed by God and that he will make it happen in the near future.

33 "Now you should choose some man with wisdom and insight and put him in charge of the country.