Genesis 41:54
King James Version
7 Jun 2026
“And the seven years of dearth began to come, according as Joseph had said: and the dearth was in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.”
הָיָה
I AM. Hayah. The self-existent one. When Moses asked God His name God said I AM THAT I AM. Not I was or I will be but I AM. Always present always existing always enough. Jesus used the same words: before Abraham was I AM.
לֶחֶם
food
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לֶחֶם
Bread, food, grain. Lechem. Man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that comes from the mouth of God. There is food for the body and food for the soul.
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יוֹסֵף
Joseph
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יוֹסֵף
Joseph, may he add. Yowseph. From the root to add or increase. What looks like subtraction is often God's addition in disguise.
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שֶׁבַע
seven
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שֶׁבַע
seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number
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מִצְרַיִם
Egypt
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מִצְרַיִם
Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
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שָׁנֶה
the years of
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שָׁנֶה
a year (as a revolution of time)
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רָעָב
a famine
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רָעָב
hunger (more or less extensive)
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