Let them gather all the food of these good years that come, and store grain under the hand of Pharaoh for food in the cities, and let them keep it.
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Let them gather all the food of these good years that come, and store grain under the hand of Pharaoh for food in the cities, and let them keep it.
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And let them gather all the food of those good years that come, and lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh, and let them keep food in the cities.
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And let them gather all the food of these good years that come, and lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh for food in the cities, and let them keep it.
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Passages linked to Genesis 41:35 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Genesis 41:48-49 He gathered up all the food of the seven years which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities. He stored food in each city from the fields around that city. Joseph laid up grain as the sand of the sea, very much, until he stopped counting, for it was without number.
- Genesis 41:56 The famine was over all the surface of the earth. Joseph opened all the store houses, and sold to the Egyptians. The famine was severe in the land of Egypt.
- Genesis 45:6-7 For these two years the famine has been in the land, and there are yet five years, in which there will be no plowing and no harvest. God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant in the earth, and to save you alive by a great deliverance.
- Exodus 4:13 Moses said, “Oh, Lord, please send someone else.”
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John Calvin 1540 · Public Domain 35. Under the hand of Pharaoh. Whereas prosperity so…
35. Under the hand of Pharaoh. Whereas prosperity so intoxicates men, that the greater part make no provision for themselves against the future, but absorb the present abundance by intemperance; Joseph advises the king to take care that the country may have its produce laid up in store. Besides, the common people would also form themselves to habits of frugality, when they understood that this great quantity of corn was not collected in vain by the king, but that a remedy was hereby sought for some unwonted calamity. In short, because luxury generally prevails in prosperity, and wastes the blessings of God, the bridle of authority was necessary. This is the reason why Joseph directed that garners should be established under the power of the king, and that corn should be gathered into them. He concludes at length, that the dream was useful, although at first sight, it would seem sad and inauspicious: because, immediately after the wound had been shown, the means of cure were suggested.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Gen 41:35 And let them gather all the food…
Gen 41:35 And let them gather all the food of those good years that come, and lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh, and let them keep food in the cities.
Ver. 35. And let them gather all the food.] This text warranteth providence in laying up for a rainy day. Solomon sends us to school to the ant to learn this lesson. {Pro 6:6} And it is well observed, that our Saviour had a purse for common store for himself and those about him. Neither was this a penny pouch, but a bag so big as needed a bearer. God would have us to be good husbands, and see that Condus be fortior promo, our comings in more than our layings out. "Parents" must "lay up for their children," {2Co 12:14} yea, "leave inheritance to children’s children," {Pro 13:22} playing the good husbands abroad and at home. {Pro 27:26-27}
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And Pharaoh said unto his servants,.... That were about…
And Pharaoh said unto his servants,.... That were about him, and with whom he was consulting about a proper person to be over this affair of gathering in the fruits of the earth in the time of plenty, and laying them up against a time of famine:
can we find such an one as this is, in whom the Spirit of God is? if we search among all the ranks and degrees of men throughout the kingdom, let them be of what character they will, we shall never find a man like this, who appears to have the Spirit of God, or "of the gods", as he in his Heathenish way spoke, and which he concluded from his vast knowledge of things; and especially of things future: hence the Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan interpret it, the spirit of prophecy from the Lord.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 35. Under the hand of Pharaoh] To be…
Verse 35. Under the hand of Pharaoh] To be completely at the disposal of the king.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 35. let them gather all the food] This is…
35. let them gather all the food] This is rhetorical, and need not be pressed as contradicting the exaction of the one-fifth in Gen_41:34. But see Gen_41:48.
lay up corn] i.e. store up the grain in the keeping of the king’s officers. The establishment of state granaries appears here for the first time in history.
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under the hand of Pharaoh] The king’s authority is never to be relaxed. The measures proposed will enhance the monarchy.
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Joseph continues to counsel Pharaoh
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Let them gather
"Allow the overseers to gather"
of these good years that are coming
This speaks of years as if they are something that travels and comes to a place. AT: "during the good years that will soon happen" (See: Metaphor)
store up grain under the authority of Pharaoh
The phrase "under the authority of Pharaoh" means Pharaoh gives them authority. AT: "use the authority of Pharaoh to store the grain" (See: Idiom)
They should preserve it
The word "they" refers to the overseers and represents the soldiers that they should command to guard the grain. AT: "The overseers should leave soldiers there to guard the grain" (See: Metonymy)
The food will be a supply for the land
Here "land" refers to the people. AT: "This food will be for the people" (See: Metonymy)
In this way the land will not be devastated by the famine
Here "land" stands for the people. This can be stated in active form. AT: "This way the people will not starve during the famine" (See: Metonymy and Active or Passive)
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grain
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Pharaoh
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Egypt
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