Genesis 41:27

41:27 The seven lean, bad-looking cows that came up after them represent seven years, as do the seven empty heads of grain burned with the east wind. They represent ¹  seven years of famine.

Genesis 41:54

41:54 Then the seven years of famine began, ²  just as Joseph had predicted. There was famine in all the other lands, but throughout the land of Egypt there was food.

---

¹ tn Heb “are.” Another option is to translate, “There will be seven years of famine.”

² tn Heb “began to arrive.”