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Genesis 41:35-36 KJV
Genesis · chapter 41 · verses 35–36
35And 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. 36And that food shall be for store to the land against the seven years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; that the land perish not through the famine.Genesis 41:35-36 · King James Version
Genesis 41:35-36 in context
33Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt.
34Let 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.
35And 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.
36And that food shall be for store to the land against the seven years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; that the land perish not through the famine.
37And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants.
38And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this is, a man in whom the Spirit of God is?
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Key words (Strong's)
- PharaohParʻôhParoh, a general title of Egyptian kingsH6547 →
- gatherqâbatsto graspH6908 →
- faminerâʻâbhungerH7458 →
- perishkârathto cutH3772 →
- yearsshâneha yearH8141 →
- storepiqqâdôwna depositH6487 →
- sevenshebaʻsevenH7651 →
- EgyptMitsrayimMitsrajimH4714 →
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Here is, I. The good advice that Joseph gave to Pharaoh, which was, 1. That in the years of plenty he should lay up for the years of famine, buy up corn when it was cheap, that he might both enrich himself and supply the country when it would be dear and scarce.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 33-45