Genesis 41:36
And let the food be as store for the land for the seven years of famine, which will be in the land of Egypt, that the land perish not through the famine.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
37And the word was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his bondmen.
Cross References
Genesis 47:13And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very grievous; and the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan were exhausted through the famine.
Genesis 47:19Why should we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? Buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be bondmen to Pharaoh; and give seed, that we may live, and not die, and that the land be not desolate.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 41:34-46
Joseph's Exaltation. ( b. c. 1715.) 33 Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt. 34 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. 35 And 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. 36 And that food shall be for store to the land against the seven years of famine, which… Read the whole commentary →