Genesis 41:47

What does Genesis 41:47 mean?

A plain-English look at Genesis 41:47 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Now in the seven good years the earth gave fruit in masses.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

and the land maketh in the seven years of plenty by handfuls.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And the fruitfulness of the seven years came: and the corn being bound up into sheaves, was gathered together into the barns of Egypt.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And in the seven years of plenty the land brought forth by handfuls.

Context

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

v.47This passage

v.48And 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.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Genesis 26:12

    And Isaac sowed in that land, and found in the same year a hundredfold: and Jehovah blessed him.

  • Psalms 72:16

    There shall be abundance of grain in the earth upon the top of the mountains; The fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: And they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.

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