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genesis 41:47-49

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Genesis 41:47-49

King James Version (KJV)

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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 corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for [it was] without number.

Genesis 41:47-49 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Genesis 41:47

Theological / Devotional

The earth brought forth. Joseph’s prediction was accurately fulfilled. The grain grew by “handfuls,” or “bundles,” and Joseph gathered 20 percent of it into granaries throughout the land. The quantity of grain flowing into the royal storehouses was so enormous that it soon exceeded all facilities for recording the amount. Available scribes may have been needed as additional tax collectors.

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