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The sevenשֶׁבַעyearsשְׁנֵיof abundanceהַשָּׂבָעthatאֲשֶׁרhad beenהָיָהin the landבְּאֶרֶץof Egyptמִצְרָיִםcame to an end,וַתִּכְלֶינָה
Genesis 41:53
Study it in the app“The seven years of abundance that had been in the land of Egypt came to an end,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 41:53, word by word
- The sevenשֶׁבַעsheva
seven
Seven, the number of fullness; also "seven times".
Where else “sheva” appears- yearsשְׁנֵיshene
year
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shene” appears- of abundanceשָּׂבָעsava
plenty
Plenty: having more than enough to eat.
Where else “sava” appears- had beenהָיָהhaya
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “haya” appears- in the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of Egyptמִצְרָיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- came to an endתִּכְלֶינָהtichlena
finish
To bring a work or a matter through to its end.
Where else “tichlena” appears
Places in this verse
Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
The context
52The name of the second he called Ephraim, “For Elohim has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”
53 · This verse (above)
54and the seven years of famine began to come, just as Joseph had said. There was famine in all the lands, but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.
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?