Genesis 41:29-31
41:29 Seven years of great abundance are coming throughout the whole land of Egypt.
41:30 But seven years of famine will occur
after them, and all the abundance will be forgotten in the land of Egypt. The famine will devastate
the land.
41:31 The previous abundance of the land will not be remembered
because of the famine that follows, for the famine will be very severe.
Genesis 41:54
41:54 Then the seven years of famine began,
just as Joseph had predicted. There was famine in all the other lands, but throughout the land of Egypt there was food.
Genesis 41:56
41:56 While the famine was over all the earth, Joseph opened the storehouses and sold grain to the Egyptians. The famine was severe throughout the land of Egypt.
Genesis 47:18
47:18 When that year was over, they came to him the next year and said to him, “We cannot hide from our lord that the money is used up and the livestock and the animals belong to our lord. Nothing remains before our lord except our bodies and our land.