Genesis 41:48
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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.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.
In other translations
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.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.
Hebrew words
וַיִּקְבֹּץvaiyikbotzand he gatheredH6908אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853כָּל־kol-allH3605אֹכֶל׀'okhel[the] food ofH400שֶׁבַעsheva'sevenH7651שָׁנִיםshanim[the] yearsH8141אֲשֶׁר'asherwhichH834הָיוּhayuthey wereH1961בְּאֶרֶץbe'eretzin [the] land ofH776מִצְרַיִםmitzrayimEgyptH4714וַיִּתֶּן־vaiyiten-and he putH5414אֹכֶל'okhelfoodH400בֶּעָרִיםbe'arimin the citiesH5892אֹכֶל'okhel[the] food ofH400שְׂדֵה־sedeh-[the] field[s] ofH7704הָעִירha'irthe cityH5892אֲשֶׁר'asherwhichH834סְבִיבֹתֶיהָsevivoteiha[was] around itH5439נָתַןnatanhe putH5414בְּתוֹכָהּ׃betokhahin [the] midst of itH8432
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Related verses
- Genesis 41:34-3634 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. 36 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.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. 36 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.”
- Genesis 47:21And as for the people, he removed them to cities from one end of the borders of Egypt even to the other end thereof.and Joseph reduced the people to servitude from one end of Egypt to the other.
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People and places
Places: Egypt