Genesis 41:30-31
seven years <07651 08141> [seven years.]
forgotten <07911> [shall be.]
devastate <03615> [consume.]
abundance <07647> [the plenty.]
It is well known, that in Egypt there is scarcely any rain, the country depending for its fertility upon the overflowing of the Nile; and that the fertility is in proportion to the duration and quality of the overflow, in order to saturate the land and prepare for the seed. Pliny has given a scale, by which the plenty or dearth may ascertained; which may be considered as perfectly correct. The ordinary height of the inundations is 16 cubits. When the waters are lower than this standard, they do not overflow the whole ground; when above this standard they are too long in running off. In the first case, the ground is not saturated; by the second, the waters are detained so long on the ground that seed-time is lost. The province marks both. If it rise only 12 cubits, a famine is the consequence; at 13 hunger prevails; 14 produces general rejoicing; 15 perfect security; and 16 all the luxuries of life.
severe <03515> [grievous. Heb. heavy.]
Genesis 41:38
whom <0834> [in whom.]
Genesis 41:1
years <08141 03117> [A.M. 2289. B.C. 1715. two full years.]
{Shenathayim yamim,} "two years of days," two complete solar revolutions; as a month of days is a full month.
Pharaoh <06547> [that Pharaoh.]
Nile <02975> [the river.]
Acts 17:1-16
Thessalonica <2332> [Thessalonica.]
where <3699> [where.]
<2596> [as.]
went <1525> [went.]
he addressed <1256> [reasoned.]
explaining <1272> [Opening.]
Christ ..................... Christ <5547> [Christ.]
This <3778> [this.]
I am proclaiming <3739 1473 2605> [whom I preach.]
Some <5100> [some.]
joined <4345> [consorted.]
Silas <4609> [Silas.]
of God-fearing <4576> [the devout.]
of ..... and .... and ........... and ..... prominent <2532 1537 5037 4413> [and of the chief.]
became jealous <2206> [moved.]
gathering together <4355> [took.]
set .... in an uproar <2350> [and set.]
Jason's <2394> [Jason.]
they dragged <4951> [they drew.]
These people <3778> [These.]
brothers <80> [the brethren.]
Berea <960> [Berea.]
they went <549> [went.]
more open-minded than <2104> [more.]
they ... received <1161 1209 3748> [they received.]
examining .... carefully <350> [and searched.]
many <4183> [many.]
prominent <2158> [honourable.]
Jews <2453> [the Jews.]
inciting <4531> [stirred.]
Then <5119> [then.]
<5613> [as it.]
<1161> [but.]
Athens <116> [Athens.]
after receiving <2983> [receiving.]
for them .... his spirit <846 4151> [Cir. A.M. 4058. A.D. 54. his spirit.]
full of idols <5607 2712> [wholly given to idolatry. or, full of idols.]
Acts 17:2
<2596> [as.]
went <1525> [went.]
he addressed <1256> [reasoned.]
Acts 8:1-2
And Saul .................................. and <1161 4569 5037 2532> [And Saul.]
This clause evidently belongs to the conclusion of the previous chapter; there is scarcely a worse division of chapters than this.
<1096> [there.]
church <1577> [the church.]
And .......................... were forced to scatter ....... and <1161 5037 2532 1289> [and they.]
Samaria <4540> [Samaria.]
except <4133> [except.]
devout <2126> [devout.]
made <4160> [made.]
