Genesis 41:36 - The Scriptures 1998

³⁶ “And the food shall be for a store for the land for the seven years of scarcity of food which shall be in the land of Mitsrayim, and do not let the land be cut off by the scarcity of food.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁶ And 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁶ And that food shall be put in store for the country against the seven years of hunger and famine that are to come upon the land of Egypt, so that the land may not be ruined and cut off by the famine.

American Standard Version (1901)

³⁶ And the food shall be for a 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.

Common English Bible

³⁶ This food will be reserved for the seven years of famine to follow in the land of Egypt so that the land won’t be ravaged by the famine.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁶ And let it be prepared for the future famine of seven years, which will oppress Egypt, and then the land will not be consumed by destitution."

Genesis 41:36 Cross References

Genesis 41:35

“And let them gather all the food of those good years that are coming, and store up grain under the hand of Pharaoh, and let them keep food in the cities.

Genesis 41:37

And the word was good in the eyes of Pharaoh and in the eyes of all his servants.