The Meaning of Genesis 41:53 Explained

Genesis 41:53

KJV: And the seven years of plenteousness, that was in the land of Egypt, were ended.

YLT: And the seven years of plenty are completed which have been in the land of Egypt,

Darby: And the seven years of plenty that were in the land of Egypt were ended;

ASV: And the seven years of plenty, that was in the land of Egypt, came to an end.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And the seven  years  of plenteousness,  that was in the land  of Egypt,  were ended. 

What does Genesis 41:53 Mean?

Context Summary

Genesis 41:37-57 - Joseph, Exalted, Prepares For Famine
The Spirit of God was evidently in Joseph, but so far from rendering him a mere visionary, it made him eminently practical. Have your visions of God, but descend from your housetop to answer the men who knock at your door! See Acts 10:1-48. In this story we see reflected the glories of our Lord, who was raised to the throne, to become a Prince and a Savior, the Giver of the Bread of Life to the perishing souls of men. But He sells without money and without price! Joseph's marriage to an Egyptian bride reminds us of our Lord's union with the Gentile Church, on the significance of which Paul so strenuously insists. If you live for God, He will see to your interests. Such joy will be yours that you will forget your sorrows (Manasseh) and become fruitful in the land of affliction (Ephraim). [source]

Chapter Summary: Genesis 41

1  Pharaoh has two dreams
9  Joseph interprets them
33  He gives Pharaoh counsel, and is highly advanced, and married
46  The seven years of plenty
50  He begets children
53  The famine begins

What do the individual words in Genesis 41:53 mean?

And ended seven years of the plenty which were in the land of Egypt
וַתִּכְלֶ֕ינָה שֶׁ֖בַע שְׁנֵ֣י הַשָּׂבָ֑ע אֲשֶׁ֥ר הָיָ֖ה בְּאֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם

וַתִּכְלֶ֕ינָה  And  ended 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person feminine plural
Root: כָּלָה  
Sense: to accomplish, cease, consume, determine, end, fail, finish, be complete, be accomplished, be ended, be at an end, be finished, be spent.
שֶׁ֖בַע  seven 
Parse: Number, feminine singular
Root: שֶׁבַע  
Sense: seven (cardinal number).
שְׁנֵ֣י  years 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct
Root: שָׁנָה  
Sense: year.
הַשָּׂבָ֑ע  of  the  plenty 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: שָׂבָע  
Sense: plenty, satiety.
בְּאֶ֥רֶץ  in  the  land 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: אֶרֶץ  
Sense: land, earth.
מִצְרָֽיִם  of  Egypt 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: מִצְרַיִם  
Sense: a country at the northeastern section of Africa, adjacent to Palestine, and through which the Nile flows adj Egyptians = “double straits”.

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