Genesis 41:48
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
A short, plain-language explanation of Genesis 41:48 goes here — the kind of answer a reader (or an AI assistant) can quote in one breath. Original meaning coming soon.
“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.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And he gathereth all the food of the seven years which have been in the land of Egypt, and putteth food in the cities; the food of the field which <FI>is<Fi> round about <FI>each<Fi> city hath he put in its midst;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Genesis 41:48 — 3 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 41:34Let Pharaoh take action and appoint commissioners over the land to take a fifth of the harvest of Egypt during the seven years of abundance.
- Genesis 41:35Under 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.
- Genesis 47:21and Joseph reduced the people to servitude from one end of Egypt to the other.
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