Genesis 41:30-31

41:30 But seven years of famine will occur ¹  after them, and all the abundance will be forgotten in the land of Egypt. The famine will devastate ²  the land. 41:31 The previous abundance of the land will not be remembered ³  because of the famine that follows, for the famine will be very severe. ⁴ 

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¹ tn The perfect with the vav consecutive continues the time frame of the preceding participle, which has an imminent future nuance here.

² tn The Hebrew verb כָּלָה (kalah) in the Piel stem means “to finish, to destroy, to bring an end to.” The severity of the famine will ruin the land of Egypt.

³ tn Heb “known.”

⁴ tn Or “heavy.”