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Genesis 41:48

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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.

47 And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls.

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.

50 And unto Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine came, which Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah priest of On bare unto him.

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BSB
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.
KJV
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.
WEB
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.
ASV
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.
DARBY
And he gathered up all the food of the seven years that was in the land of Egypt, and put the food in the cities; the food of the fields of the city, which were round about it, he laid up in it.
BLB
And he gathered all the food of the seven years that were in the land of Egypt, and he placed the food in the cities. The food of the fields of the city that surrounded them, he placed in its midst.
ÅB
Og han samlet alle slags grøde i de syv gode år som kom i Egypt, og la den opp i byene; i hver by la han opp avgrøden fra landet som lå omkring.
OTB
Josef samlet all maten som ble produsert i de sju årene med overflod i Egypt og lagret den i byene. I hver by plasserte han maten som ble dyrket på markene rundt den.
B1930
Og han samlet alle slags grøde i de syv gode år som kom i Egyptens land, og la den op i byene; i hver by la han op avgrøden fra landet som lå omkring.

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  • Genesis 41:34–36

    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.

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  • Genesis 47:21

    And as for the people, he removed them to cities from one end of the borders of Egypt even to the other end thereof.

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