Genesis 41:48

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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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
up	וַיִּקְבֹּ֞ץ vai.yik.Botz	H6908	to grasp · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
food	אֹ֣כֶל 'O.khel	H400	food · noun, common masculine singular construct
seven	שֶׁ֣בַע She.va'	H7651	seven (as the sacred full one) · cardinal number, both genders singular absolute
years	שָׁנִ֗ים sha.Nim	H8141	a year (as a revolution of time) · noun, common masculine plural absolute
land	בְּאֶ֣רֶץ be.'E.retz	H776	the earth (at large · preposition + noun, common feminine singular construct
Egypt	מִצְרַ֔יִם mitz.Ra.yim	H4714	Mitsrajim · proper noun, a place name
up	וַיִּתֶּן vai.yi.ten-	H5414	to give · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
food	אֹ֖כֶל 'O.khel	H400	food · noun, common masculine singular absolute
cities	בֶּעָרִ֑ים be.'a.Rim	H5892	a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the wi… · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
food	אֹ֧כֶל 'O.khel	H400	food · noun, common masculine singular construct
field	שְׂדֵה se.deh-	H7704	a field (as flat) · noun, common masculine singular construct
about	סְבִיבֹתֶ֖יהָ se.vi.vo.Tei.ha	H5439	(as noun) a circle · noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine singular
city	הָעִ֛יר ha.'Ir	H5892	a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the wi… · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
up	נָתַ֥ן na.Tan	H5414	to give · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
same	בְּתוֹכָֽהּ be.to.Khah	H8432	a bisection · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine singular

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Genesis 41:34-36 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 year…
Genesis 47:21 And as for the people, he removed them to cities from one end of the borders of Egypt even to the other end thereof.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Genesis 41:46–end

Observe here, I. The building of Joseph's family in the birth of two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim, Gen 41:50-52. In the names he gave them, he owned the divine Providence giving this happy turn to his affairs, 1. He was made to forget his misery, Job 11:16. We should bear our afflictions when they are present as those that know not but Providence may so outweigh them by after-comforts as that we may even forget them when they are past. But could he be so unnatural as to forget all his father's house? He means the unkindness he received from his brethren, or perhaps the wealth and honour he expected from his father, with the birthright. The robes he now wore made him forget the coat of divers c…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 41:48

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.

Adam Clarke on Genesis 41:47

The earth brought forth by handfuls - This probably refers principally to rice, as it grows in tufts, a great number of stalks proceeding from the same seed. In those years the Nile probably rose sixteen cubits; See Clarke on Gen 41:31 (note).

John Gill on Genesis 41:48

And he gathered up all the food of the seven years,.... That is, of plenty; not all the fruits of the earth, or all that was eatable, but the corn, as in Genesis 41:49; and not all of that the earth produced, but the fifth part of it, as he proposed, which he bought with Pharaoh's money, and therefore: had a right to sell it again as he did: which were in the land of Egypt; in which only he had a concern, and where only was this plenty: and laid up the food in the cities; in places built for that purpose, and whither the people round about could easily bring it, and fetch it, when it was wanted: the food of the field, which was round about every city, laid he up in the same; which was ver…

Dictionary and topics

Famine — The first mentioned in Scripture was so grievous as to compel Abraham to go down to the land of Egypt (Gen. 26:1). Another is mentioned as having occurred in the days of Isaac, causing him to go to…
Kine — (Heb. sing. parah, i.e., “fruitful”), mentioned in Pharaoh’s dream (Gen. 41: 18). Here the word denotes “buffaloes,” which fed on the reeds and sedge by the river’s brink.
Pharaoh — The official title borne by the Egyptian kings down to the time when that country was conquered by the Greeks. (See EGYPT.) The name is a compound, as some think, of the words Ra, the “sun” or…
Cities · .Treasure — .Treasure
Corn · A product of Egypt — A product of Egypt
Economics · POLITI — POLITI
Egypt · History of Israel in: Joseph’s successful provision against the years of famine — History of Israel in: Joseph’s successful provision against the years of famine
Frugality · .The provisions ma — .The provisions ma
Government · Paternal functions of — Paternal functions of
Joseph · .Provi — .Provi
Prudence · .Joseph, in the affairs of Egypt — .Joseph, in the affairs of Egypt
Tax · Land — Land

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Genesis 41:48

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Genesis 41:46–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 41:48

Adam Clarke on Genesis 41:47

John Gill on Genesis 41:48

Dictionary and topics

Genesis 41:48

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Genesis 41:46–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 41:48

Adam Clarke on Genesis 41:47

John Gill on Genesis 41:48

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Genesis 41:46-49

Keil & Delitzsch on Genesis 41:47-49

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Genesis 41:47-57

Rashi on Genesis 41:45