Discovery BoxGenesis 41:29-31 
Context41:29 Seven years of great abundance are coming throughout the whole land of Egypt. 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
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.”
