Genesis 41:48

And now all the abundance of grain was stored away in every city.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

47And the fertility of the seven years arrived. And when the grain fields were reduced to sheaves, these were gathered into the storehouses of Egypt.

49And there was such a great abundance of wheat that it was comparable to the sands of the sea, and its bounty exceeded all measure.

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Cross References

Genesis 41:34so that he may appoint overseers throughout all the regions. And let a fifth part of the fruits, throughout the seven fertile years

Genesis 47:21along with all of its people, from the newest borders of Egypt, even to its furthest limits,

Matthew Henry on Genesis 41:47-57

The Famine in Egypt and Canaan. ( b. c. 1706.) 46 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. 47 And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls. 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. 49 And Joseph gathered… Read the whole commentary →

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