54 Then came the first of the seven years of need as Joseph had said: and in every other land they were short of food; but in the land of Egypt there was bread.
Now there was no food to be had in all Egypt and Canaan, and there was great trouble: and our fathers were not able to get food.
And there I will take care of you, so that you and your family may not be in need, for there are still five bad years to come.
And after that will come seven years when there will not be enough food; and the memory of the good years will go from men's minds; and the land will be made waste by the bad years;
And after them seven other cows came out of the Nile, poor-looking and thin; and they were by the side of the other cows. And the seven thin cows made a meal of the seven fat cows. Then Pharaoh came out of his sleep.
The seven thin and poor-looking cows who came up after them are seven years; and the seven heads of grain, dry and wasted by the east wind, are seven years when there will be no food.
And he said, I have had news that there is grain in Egypt: go down there and get grain for us, so that life and not death may be ours.
And the sons of Israel came with all the others to get grain: for they were very short of food in the land of Canaan. Now Joseph was ruler over all the land, and it was he who gave out the grain to all the people of the land; and Joseph's brothers came before him and went down on their faces to the earth.
And when the grain which they had got in Egypt was all used up, their father said to them, Go again and get us a little food.
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Commentary on Genesis 41 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 41
Two things Providence is here bringing about:-
Gen 41:1-8
Observe,
Gen 41:9-16
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Gen 41:17-32
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Gen 41:33-45
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Gen 41:46-57
Observe here,