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Genesis 41:36

Egypt
WisdomThe future and plans

34 Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint officers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years.

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.

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.

37 And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants.

38 And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this is, a man in whom the Spirit of God is?

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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

    And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very sore, so that the land of Egypt and all the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine.

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