7 years of plenty

Date: -1714 (7Y)

Locations: Egypt

Participants: Joseph, Pharaoh

Scripture References

• Genesis 41:47 — And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls.
• Genesis 41:48 — And he gathered up all the food of the seven years, which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities: the food of the field, which was round about every city, laid he up in the same.
• Genesis 41:49 — And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for it was without number.
• Genesis 41:50 — And unto Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine came, which Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On bare unto him.
• Genesis 41:51 — And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: For God, said he, hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father’s house.
• Genesis 41:52 — And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.
• Genesis 41:53 — And the seven years of plenteousness, that was in the land of Egypt, were ended.

Last updated: Nov 25, 2020