Genesis 41:48
in Genesis 41During 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.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
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.
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.
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This verse in Genesis 41
Commentary
2 notes on this verseThe record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And he gathered up all the food of the seven years,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
he gathered up all the food of the seven years--It gives a striking idea of the exuberant fertility of this land, that, from the superabundance of the seven plenteous years, corn enough was laid up for the subsistence, not only of its home population, but of the neighboring countries, during the seven years of dearth.
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The words behind it
20 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּקְבֹּ֞ץ | vaiyikbotz | and he gathered | H6908 → | 127 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| אֹ֣כֶל׀ | ʾokhel | [the] food of | H400 → | 43 times |
| שֶׁ֣בַע | sheva' | seven | H7651 → | 394 times |
| שָׁנִ֗ים | shanim | [the] years | H8141 → | 877 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֤ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| הָיוּ֙ | hayu | they were | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| בְּאֶ֣רֶץ | beeretz | in [the] land of | H776 → | 2504 times |
| מִצְרַ֔יִם | mitzrayim | Egypt | H4714 → | 641 times |
| וַיִּתֶּן־ | vaiyiten- | and he put | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| אֹ֖כֶל | ʾokhel | food | H400 → | 43 times |
| בֶּעָרִ֑ים | bearim | in the cities | H5892 → | 1090 times |
| אֹ֧כֶל | ʾokhel | [the] food of | H400 → | 43 times |
| שְׂדֵה־ | sedeh- | [the] field[s] of | H7704 → | 334 times |
| הָעִ֛יר | hair | the city | H5892 → | 1090 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| סְבִיבֹתֶ֖יהָ | sevivoteiha | [was] around it | H5439 → | 336 times |
| נָתַ֥ן | natan | he put | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| בְּתוֹכָֽהּ׃ | betokhah | in [the] midst of it | H8432 → | 418 times |
וַיִּקְבֹּ֞ץand he gathered
vaiyikbotzH6908 →127 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
אֹ֣כֶל׀[the] food of
ʾokhelH400 →43 times
שֶׁ֣בַעseven
sheva'H7651 →394 times
שָׁנִ֗ים[the] years
shanimH8141 →877 times
אֲשֶׁ֤רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
הָיוּ֙they were
hayuH1961 →3559 times
בְּאֶ֣רֶץin [the] land of
beeretzH776 →2504 times
מִצְרַ֔יִםEgypt
mitzrayimH4714 →641 times
וַיִּתֶּן־and he put
vaiyiten-H5414 →2011 times
אֹ֖כֶלfood
ʾokhelH400 →43 times
בֶּעָרִ֑יםin the cities
bearimH5892 →1090 times
אֹ֧כֶל[the] food of
ʾokhelH400 →43 times
שְׂדֵה־[the] field[s] of
sedeh-H7704 →334 times
הָעִ֛ירthe city
hairH5892 →1090 times
אֲשֶׁ֥רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
סְבִיבֹתֶ֖יהָ[was] around it
sevivoteihaH5439 →336 times
נָתַ֥ןhe put
natanH5414 →2011 times
בְּתוֹכָֽהּ׃in [the] midst of it
betokhahH8432 →418 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
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This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).