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Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 41:29

Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 41:29

Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt:

Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt. Not only a sufficiency but an abundance, even to luxury, as when the Nile rose to sixteen cubits, as Pliny observes m; which, though a natural cause, was owing to God, and that it should thus overflow for seven years successively, and cause such a continued plenty, can be ascribed to no other.

m Nat. Hist. l. 5. c. 9.

Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible

Gen 41:26, Gen 41:46, Gen 41:49

Reciprocal: Gen 41:53 – General Gen 45:6 – two years

Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Gen 41:29. Seven years of great plenty See the goodness of God, in sending the seven years of plenty before those of famine, that provision might be made accordingly. How wonderful wisely has Providence that great house-keeper, ordered the affairs of his numerous family from the beginning! Great variety of seasons there have been, and the produce of the earth sometimes more, and sometimes less; yet, take one time with another, what was miraculous concerning the manna is ordinarily verified in the common course of Providence; He that gathers much has nothing over, and he that gathers little has no lack, Exo 16:18.

Fuente: Joseph Bensons Commentary on the Old and New Testaments