Genesis 41:53

41:53 The seven years of abundance in the land of Egypt came to an end.

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 ¹  after them, and all the abundance will be forgotten in the land of Egypt. The famine will devastate ²  the land. 41:31 The previous abundance of the land will not be remembered ³  because of the famine that follows, for the famine will be very severe. ⁴ 

Genesis 41:34

41:34 Pharaoh should do ⁵  this – he should appoint ⁶  officials ⁷  throughout the land to collect one-fifth of the produce of the land of Egypt ⁸  during the seven years of abundance.

[41:30]  ¹ tn The perfect with the vav consecutive continues the time frame of the preceding participle, which has an imminent future nuance here.

[41:30]  ² tn The Hebrew verb כָּלָה (kalah) in the Piel stem means “to finish, to destroy, to bring an end to.” The severity of the famine will ruin the land of Egypt.

[41:31]  ¹ tn Heb “known.”

[41:31]  ² tn Or “heavy.”

[41:34]  ¹ tn The imperfect verbal form has an obligatory nuance here. The Samaritan Pentateuch has a jussive form here, “and let [Pharaoh] do.”

[41:34]  ² tn Heb “and let him appoint.” The jussive form expresses Joseph’s advice to Pharaoh.

[41:34]  ³ tn Heb “appointees.” The noun is a cognate accusative of the preceding verb. Since “appoint appointees” would be redundant in English, the term “officials” was used in the translation instead.

[41:34]  ⁴ tn Heb “and he shall collect a fifth of the land of Egypt.” The language is figurative (metonymy); it means what the land produces, i.e., the harvest.