"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:…" — Genesis 41:48

Genesis 41:48 · 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.”

— Genesis 41:48

Verse 47

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

Verse 49

And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for {it was} without number.

Genesis 41 — Context

And 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.

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

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.

And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for {it was} without number.

And unto Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine came, which Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On bare unto him. {priest: or, prince}

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 years. {officers: or, overseers}

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.