Genesis 41:47
45 And Pharaoh called Joseph’s name Zaphnath-paaneah; and he gave him to wife Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah priest of On. And Joseph went out over all the land of Egypt.
46 And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.
And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls.
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.
49 And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for it was without number.
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
Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him.
Read in contextPsalms 72:16
There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.
Read in context