Genesis 41:35
What does Genesis 41:35 mean?
A plain-English look at Genesis 41:35 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And 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.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And 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.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And 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.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And let them get together all the food in those good years and make a store of grain under Pharaoh's control for the use of the towns, and let them keep it.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and 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 <FI>it<Fi> ,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752That shall now presently ensue: and let all the corn be laid up, under Pharao's hands, and be reserved in the cities.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890and let them gather all the food of these coming good years, and lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh, for food in the cities, and keep [it].
Context
v.34Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint overseers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years.
v.35This passage
v.36And the food shall be for a 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.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 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.
- Genesis 41:56
And the famine was over all the face of the earth: and Joseph opened all the store-houses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and the famine was sore in the land of Egypt.
- Genesis 45:6
For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and there are yet five years, in which there shall be neither plowing nor harvest.
- Exodus 4:13
And he said, Oh, Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou wilt send.
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