Genesis 41:48 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 He gathered up all the food of the seven years when there was plenty in the land of Egypt and stored up food in the cities; he stored up in every city the food from the fields around it. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And he gathered up all the [surplus] food of the seven [good] years in the land of Egypt and stored up the food in the cities; he stored away in each city the food from the fields around it. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible He collected all of the food during the seven years of abundance in the land of Egypt, and stored the food in cities. In each city, he stored the food from the fields surrounding it. Catholic Public Domain Version And now all the abundance of grain was stored away in every city. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And all the abundance of grain was laid up in every city. |
So Joseph stored up grain in such abundance—like the sand of the sea—that he stopped measuring it; it was beyond measure.
As for the people, he made slaves of them from one end of Egypt to the other.