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The abundanceהַשָּׂבָעwill not be knownוְלֹא יִוָּדַעin the landבָּאָרֶץbecause ofמִפְּנֵיthatהַהוּאfamineהָרָעָבafterward,אַחֲרֵי כֵןforכִּיitהוּאwill be veryמְאֹדsevere.כָבֵד
Genesis 41:31
Study it in the app“The abundance will not be known in the land because of that famine afterward, for it will be very severe.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 41:31, word by word
- The abundanceשָּׂבָעsava
plenty
Plenty: having more than enough to eat.
Where else “sava” appears- will not be knownיִוָּדַעyivada
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yivada” appears- in the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- because ofפְּנֵיpene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pene” appears- famineרָעָבraav
famine, hunger
Hunger; famine, a shortage of food in a region.
Where else “raav” appears- will be veryמְאֹדmeod
very
To a very high degree: the word that adds force to what is said.
Where else “meod” appears- severeכָבֵדchaved
severe
Hard and severe, difficult to bear: a terrible famine.
Where else “chaved” appears
The context
30But after them seven years of famine will arise, and all the abundance in the land of Egypt will be forgotten, and the famine will consume the land.
31 · This verse (above)
32As for the repeating of the dream to Pharaoh twice, it is because the thing is fixed by Elohim, and Elohim is hurrying to do it.
To study Genesis 41 in a group
1. What it says
What did Pharaoh dream, and what plan did Joseph propose (vv. 1-7, 33-36)?
2. What it means
Why did Pharaoh recognize that the spirit of Elohim was in Joseph (v. 38)?
3. How I live it
What can you wisely prepare today for hard times that might come?