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.
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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.
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And 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: the food of the field, which was round about every city, laid he up in the same.
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And 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; the food of the field, which was round about every city, laid he up in the same.
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Passages linked to Genesis 41:48 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Genesis 41:34-36 Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint overseers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt’s produce in the seven plenteous years. 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. The food will be to supply the land against the seven years of famine, which will be in the land of Egypt; so that the land will not perish through the famine.”
- Genesis 47:21 As for the people, he moved them to the cities from one end of the border of Egypt even to the other end of it.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Gen 41:48 And he gathered up all the food…
Gen 41:48 And 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: the food of the field, which [was] round about every city, laid he up in the same.
Ver. 48. And laid up the food in the cities.] He provided storehouses for every city; so they needed not to travel far. It is our happiness that we have the Word, that bread of life, brought homo to us. Yet some are so wretched, that unless God will set up a pulpit at the ale house door, they will not come to hear him. They will run to hell as fast as they can; and if God cannot catch them they care not, they will not return.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain All the food; that is, either all sorts of…
All the food; that is, either all sorts of grain which was proper for food; or all which he intended to gather, to wit, the fifth part, Gen 41:34.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And the name of the second called he Ephraim,....…
And the name of the second called he Ephraim,.... Which signifies fruits or fruitfulness; and being of the dual number, may intend both his spiritual and temporal fruitfulness God had blessed him with:
for God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction; in the land of Egypt, where he had been long afflicted, even for the space of thirteen years, more or less, in his master's house, and in the prison; but God had made him fruitful in grace and good works, in holiness, humility, &c. and oftentimes afflictive seasons are the most fruitful ones in this sense. God also bestowed great gifts upon him, as skill in the interpretation of dreams, wisdom in political affairs, a large abundance of wealth, and riches, honour and glory; to which may be added, the fruit of his body, his two children.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain he gathered up all the food of the seven…
he gathered up all the food of the seven years--It gives a striking idea of the exuberant fertility of this land, that, from the superabundance of the seven plenteous years, corn enough was laid up for the subsistence, not only of its home population, but of the neighboring countries, during the seven years of dearth.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 47–49 (J, E). The seven Good Years
47–49 (J, E). The seven Good Years
48. of the seven years] Probably we should add here, with LXX and Sam., “of plenty,” which seems to have dropped out of the Hebrew text.
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laid up the food] On the state granaries of Egypt and the duties of the official who supervised them, the student is referred to Erman’s Life in Ancient Egypt (E.T.), p. 108. The chief “cities” of the districts, or νομοί, into which Egypt was divided, seem here to be referred to.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (48) All the food.—Probably besides the fifth paid as…
(48) All the food.—Probably besides the fifth paid as tax to the king, and out of which all the current expenses of the realm would have to be provided, Joseph bought corn largely during these years when it was at its cheapest.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 He gathered up ... He put
He gathered up ... He put
Here "He" stands for Joseph's servants. AT: "Joseph ordered his servants to gather ... They put" (See: Synecdoche)
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Joseph stored up grain like the sand of the sea
This compares the grain to the sand of sea to emphasize its great quantity. AT: "The grain that Joseph stored was as plentiful as the sand on the seashore" (See: Metaphor)
Joseph stored up ... he stopped
Here "Joseph" and "he" stand for Joseph's servants. AT: "Joseph had his servants store up ... they stopped" (See: Synecdoche)
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