Genesis 41:53-54 - Exposition

And the seven years of plenteousness, that was in the land of Egypt, were ended . And the seven years of dearth began to come, —the most complete parallel to Joseph's famine was that which occurred in A . D . 1064-1071, in the reign of Fatimee Khaleefeh, El-Mustansir-bilh, when the people ate corpses and animals that died of themselves; when a dog was sold for five, a cat for three, and a bushel of wheat for twenty, deenars ( vide Smith's 'Bib. Dict.,' art. Famine)— according as Joseph had said (thus confirming Joseph's character as a prophet): and the dearth was in all lands ;— i.e. in all the adjoining countries, and notably in Palestine ( vide Genesis 42:1 , Genesis 42:2 )— but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.