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Genesis 41:54
“The seven years of famine began to come, just as Joseph had said. There was famine in all lands, but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.”
Verse in context — Genesis 41
The name of the second, he called Ephraim: "For God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.
The seven years of plenty, that were in the land of Egypt, came to an end.
The seven years of famine began to come, just as Joseph had said. There was famine in all lands, but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.
When all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread, and Pharaoh said to all the Egyptians, "Go to Joseph. What he says to you, do.
The famine was over all the surface of the earth. Joseph opened all the store houses, and sold to the Egyptians. The famine was severe in the land of Egypt.
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