King James Version
Genesis 41:53 in the King James Version says “And the seven years of plenteousness, that was in the land of Egypt, were ended.” — study this verse from Genesis chapter 41 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And the seven years of plenteousness, that was in the land of Egypt, were ended.”
Genesis 41:53 · KJV
And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: For God, said he, hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house. Manasseh: that is, Forgetting
And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction. Ephraim: that is, Fruitful
And the seven years of plenteousness, that was in the land of Egypt, were ended.
And the seven years of dearth began to come, according as Joseph had said: and the dearth was in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.
And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread: and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians, Go unto Joseph; what he saith to you, do.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“were ended”
H3615to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitive (to complete, prepare, consume)
“And the seven”
H7651seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
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