Genesis 41:29

29 Beholde there shall come .vij. yere of great plenteousnes through out all the lande of Egypte.

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 Lykewyse the .vij. thynne and euell fauored kyne that came out after them are .vij. yeares: and the .vij. emptie and blasted eares shalbe vij. yeares of hunger.

28 This is that which I sayde vnto Pharao that God doth shewe Pharao what he is aboute to doo.

29 Beholde there shall come .vij. yere of great plenteousnes through out all the lande of Egypte.

30 And there shall aryse after them vij. yeres of hunger. So that all the plenteousnes shalbe forgeten in the lande of Egipte. And the hunger shall consume the lande:

31 so that the plenteousnes shall not be once asene in the land by reason of that hunger that shall come after for it shalbe exceading great