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Genesis 41:36

Egypt
WisdomThe future and plans

34 Let Pharaoh take action and appoint commissioners over the land to take a fifth of the harvest of Egypt during the seven years of abundance.

35 Under the authority of Pharaoh, let them collect all the excess food from these good years, that they may come and lay up the grain to be preserved as food in the cities.

This food will be a reserve for the land during the seven years of famine to come upon the land of Egypt. Then the country will not perish in the famine.”

37 This proposal pleased Pharaoh and all his officials.

38 So Pharaoh asked them, “Can we find anyone like this man, in whom the Spirit of God abides?”

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BSB
This food will be a reserve for the land during the seven years of famine to come upon the land of Egypt. Then the country will not perish in the famine.”
KJV
And that food shall be for store to the land against the seven years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; that the land perish not through the famine.
WEB
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.”
ASV
And the food shall be for a store to the land against the seven years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; that the land perish not through the famine.
DARBY
And let the food be as store for the land for the seven years of famine, which will be in the land of Egypt, that the land perish not through the famine.
BLB
and the food shall be as a reserve for the land for the seven years of famine that shall be in the land of Egypt, that the land may not be cut off by the famine.”
ÅB
Og kornet skal tjene til forråd for landet i de syv hungersår som skal komme over Egypt, så landet ikke skal ødelegges av hungeren.
OTB
Denne maten bør holdes i reserve for landet, for å brukes i de sju årene med hungersnød som vil komme over Egypt, slik at landet ikke blir ødelagt av hungersnøden."
B1930
Og kornet skal tjene til forråd for landet i de syv hungersår som skal komme over Egyptens land, så landet ikke skal ødelegges av hungeren.

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Cross references

  • Genesis 47:13–25

    There was no food, however, in all that region, because the famine was so severe; the lands of Egypt and Canaan had been exhausted by the famine.

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