Genesis 41:48 - Forerunner Commentary

Genesis 41:48

46 Joseph was thirty years old when he ^astood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.

47 Now in the seven plentiful years the ground brought forth¹ abundantly.

48 So 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 laid up in every city the food of the fields which surrounded them.

49 Joseph gathered very much grain, ^aas the sand of the sea, until he stopped counting, for it was immeasurable.

50 ^aAnd to Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine came, whom Asenath, the daughter of Poti-Pherah priest of On, bore to him.

51 Joseph called the name of the firstborn¹ Manasseh: “For God has made me forget all my toil and all my ^afather’s house.”

52 And the name of the second he called¹ Ephraim: “For God has caused me to be ^afruitful in the land of my affliction.”

53 Then the seven years of plenty which were in the land of Egypt ended,

54 ^aand the seven years of famine began to come, ^bas Joseph had said. The famine was in all lands, but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.

55 So when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread. Then Pharaoh said to all the Egyptians, “Go to Joseph; ^awhatever he says to you, do.”

56 The famine was over all the face of the earth, and Joseph opened¹ all the storehouses and ^asold to the Egyptians. And the famine became severe in the land of Egypt.

57 ^aSo all countries came to Joseph in Egypt to ^bbuy grain, because the famine was severe in all lands.

Verse Comparison: Genesis 41:48

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American Standard Version
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.

Amplified® Bible
And he gathered up all the [surplus] food of the seven [good] years in the land of Egypt and stored up the food in the cities; he stored away in each city the food from the fields around it.

Contemporary English Version
Joseph collected and stored up the extra grain in the cities of Egypt near the fields where it was harvested.

Darby English Version
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.

Good News Bible
all of which Joseph collected and stored in the cities. In each city he stored the food from the fields around it.

King James Version
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.

New American Standard Bible
So he gathered all the food of {these} seven years which occurred in the land of Egypt and placed the food in the cities; he placed in every city the food from its own surrounding fields.

New International Version
Joseph collected all the food produced in those seven years of abundance in Egypt and stored it in the cities. In each city he put the food grown in the fields surrounding it.

New King James Version
So 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 laid up in every city the food of the fields which surrounded them.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
So he gathered all the food of these seven years which occurred in the land of Egypt and placed the food in the cities; he placed in every city the food from its own surrounding fields.

Revised Standard Version
and he gathered up all the food of the seven years when there was plenty in the land of Egypt, and stored up food in the cities; he stored up in every city the food from the fields around it.

Young's Literal Translation
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 `is' round about `each' city hath he put in its midst;

New English Translation
Joseph¹ collected all the excess food² in the land of Egypt during the seven years and stored it in the cities.³ In every city he put the food gathered from the fields around it.

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