Genesis 41:47
45 Pharaoh gave Joseph the name Zaphenath-paneah, and he gave him Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, to be his wife. And Joseph took charge of all the land of Egypt.
46 Now Joseph was thirty years old when he entered the service of Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph left Pharaoh’s presence and traveled throughout the land of Egypt.
During the seven years of abundance, the land brought forth bountifully.
48 During those seven years, Joseph collected all the excess food in the land of Egypt and stored it in the cities. In every city he laid up the food from the fields around it.
49 So Joseph stored up grain in such abundance, like the sand of the sea, that he stopped keeping track of it; for it was beyond measure.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- During the seven years of abundance, the land brought forth bountifully.
- KJV
- And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls.
- WEB
- In the seven plenteous years the earth produced abundantly.
- ASV
- And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls.
- DARBY
- And in the seven years of plenty the land brought forth by handfuls.
- BLB
- And the land made as handfuls in the seven years of abundance.
- ÅB
- Og jorden bar rikelig i de syv overflodsår.
- OTB
- Gjennom de sju årene med overflod ga landet rikelig.
- B1930
- Og jorden bar rikelig i de syv overflodsår.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Genesis 26:12
Now Isaac sowed seed in the land, and that very year he reaped a hundredfold. And the LORD blessed him,
Read in contextPsalms 72:16
May there be an abundance of grain in the land; may it sway atop the hills. May its fruit trees flourish like the forests of Lebanon, and its people like the grass of the field.
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