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The seven-year famine begins
When the years of plenty ended, famine spread through the lands. Egypt had bread because Joseph opened the storehouses, and people from every land came to buy grain (Genesis 41:53-57).
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📖 Genesis 41:53–55
53When the seven years of abundance in the land of Egypt came to an end, 54the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had said. And although there was famine in every country, there was food throughout the land of Egypt. 55When extreme hunger came to all the land of Egypt and the people cried out to Pharaoh for food, he told all the Egyptians, “Go to Joseph and do whatever he tells you.”
Sources: Scripture — Genesis 41:53-57
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