In the seven plenteous years the earth produced abundantly.
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In the seven plenteous years the earth produced abundantly.
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And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls.
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And in the seven years of plenty the earth brought forth in heaps.
Cross-references (2)
Passages linked to Genesis 41:47 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Genesis 26:12 Isaac sowed in that land, and reaped in the same year one hundred times what he planted. Yahweh blessed him.
- Psalms 72:16 Abundance of grain shall be throughout the land. Its fruit sways like Lebanon. Let it flourish, thriving like the grass of the field.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Hebrew, made for gatherings.
Hebrew, made for gatherings.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Gen 41:47 And in the seven plenteous years the…
Gen 41:47 And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls.
Ver. 47. By handfuls.] Manipulatim. Every grain of corn yields a handful of increase. {a} Thus God "filled their hearts with food and gladness"; {Act 14:17} and so "left not himself without witness" amongst those infidels.
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{a} Ex uno grano integer manipulus colligebatur.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Or, unto handfuls, to wit, growing upon one stalk;…
Or, unto handfuls, to wit, growing upon one stalk; or, unto heaps; or, as the ancients render it, for the barns or storehouses; i.e. in such plenty, that all their storehouses were filled with heaps of corn.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh,....…
And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh,.... Which signifies forgetfulness, as the reason of it shows:
for God, said he, hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house; all his toil and labour in Potiphar's house, and especially in the prison; and all the injuries his brethren had done him; all this he was made to forget by the grandeur and honour, wealth and riches, power and authority he was possessed of; and indeed he had so much business upon his hands, that he had scarce time to think of his father, and his family.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 47. The earth brought forth by handfuls.] This…
Verse 47. The earth brought forth by handfuls.] This probably refers principally to rice, as it grows in tufts, a great number of stalks proceeding from the same seed. In those years the Nile probably rose sixteen cubits; See Clarke on Ge 41:31.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Sheaves. The straw would serve to feed the cattle,…
Sheaves. The straw would serve to feed the cattle, and would hinder the corn from spoiling for 50 years, if kept from the air. (Varro.; Pliny, Natural History xviii. 30.) (Calmet)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain the earth brought forth by handfuls--a singular expression, alluding…
the earth brought forth by handfuls--a singular expression, alluding not only to the luxuriance of the crop, but the practice of the reapers grasping the ears, which alone were cut.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Vers. 47, 48. And in the seven plenteous years…
Vers. 47, 48. And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls (i.e. abundantly). And he (Joseph, through his subordinates) gathered up all the food (i.e. all the portions levied) of the seven years, which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities: men bringing corn into granaries appear upon the monuments at Beni-hassan (Wilkinson, "Ancient Egyptians," vol. 1. p. 371, ed. 1878)the food of the field, which was round about every city (literally, the food of the field of the city, which was in its environs), laid he up in the same (literally, in the midst of it).
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 41:47-57 Pharaoh’s dreams were fulfilled in keeping with Joseph’s…
41:47-57 Pharaoh’s dreams were fulfilled in keeping with Joseph’s interpretation.
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