Verse | Translation | Text |
Ge 41:48 | Strong Concordance | And he gathered up [06908] all the food [0400] of the seven [07651] years [08141], which were in the land [0776] of Egypt [04714], and laid up [05414] the food [0400] in the cities [05892]: the food [0400] of the field [07704], which was round about [05439] every city [05892], laid he up [05414] in the same [08432]. |
King James | 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. |
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
he gathered up all the food of the seven years--It gives a striking idea of the exuberant fertility of this land, that, from the superabundance of the seven plenteous years, corn enough was laid up for the subsistence, not only of its home population, but of the neighboring countries, during the seven years of dearth. |