47 And in the seven plenteous years the earth [a]brought forth store.

48 And he gathered up all the food of the seven plenteous years, which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities: the food of the field, that was round about every city, laid he up in the same.

49 So Joseph gathered wheat, like unto the sand of the sea in multitude out of measure, until he left numbering: for it was without number.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 41:47 Hebrew, made for gatherings.

47 During the seven years of abundance(A) the land produced plentifully. 48 Joseph collected all the food produced in those seven years of abundance in Egypt and stored it in the cities.(B) In each city he put the food grown in the fields surrounding it. 49 Joseph stored up huge quantities of grain, like the sand of the sea;(C) it was so much that he stopped keeping records because it was beyond measure.

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