KJV King James Version
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.
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Genesis 41:35
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.
WEB World English Bible
Let them gather all the food of these good years that come, and lay up grain under the hand of Pharaoh for food in the cities, and let them keep it.
ASV American Standard Version
And let them gather all the food of these good years that come, and lay up grain under the hand of Pharaoh for food in the cities, and let them keep it.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and they gather all the food of these good years that are coming, and heap up corn under the hand of Pharaoh—food in the cities; and they have kept it,
Surrounding context — Genesis 41
32 And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice; [it is] because the thing [is] established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.
33 Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt.
34 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.
37 And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants.
38 And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find [such a one] as this [is], a man in whom the Spirit of God [is]?
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וְיִקְבְּצ֗וּH6908 · qa.vatsto gatherאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]כָּל־H3605 · kolallאֹ֙כֶל֙H400 · o.khelfoodהַשָּׁנִ֣יםH8141 · sha.nehyearהַטֹּבֹ֔תH2896 · tovpleasantהַבָּאֹ֖תH935 · boto come (in): comeהָאֵ֑לֶּהH428 · el.lehtheseוְיִצְבְּרוּ־H6651 · tsa.varto heapבָ֞רH1250 · bargrainתַּ֧חַתH8478 · ta.chatunderneath: underיַד־H3027 · yadhandפַּרְעֹ֛הH6547 · par.ohPharaohאֹ֥כֶלH400 · o.khelfoodבֶּעָרִ֖יםH5892 · irexcitementוְשָׁמָֽרוּ׃H8104 · sha.marto keep: obey
Cross-references
Genesis 41:48-49And 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.Genesis 45:6-7For these two years [hath] the famine [been] in the land: and yet [there are] five years, in the which [there shall] neither [be] earing nor harvest.Genesis 41:56And the famine was over all the face of the earth: And Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and the famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt.Exodus 4:13And he said, O my Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand [of him whom] thou wilt send.
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