King James Version
Genesis 41:29 in the King James Version says “Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt:” — study this verse from Genesis chapter 41 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt:”
Genesis 41:29 · KJV
And the seven thin and ill favoured kine that came up after them are seven years; and the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind shall be seven years of famine.
This is the thing which I have spoken unto Pharaoh: What God is about to do he sheweth unto Pharaoh.
Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt:
And there shall arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine shall consume the land;
And the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine following ; for it shall be very grievous. grievous: Heb. heavy
KJV Study — Public Domain
“seven”
H7651seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
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