Then you should choose other men to collect food from the people. During the seven good years, the people must give them one fifth of all the food they grow.
Genesis 41:35 - Easy To Read Version In this way, these men will collect lots of food during the seven good years and store it in the cities until it is needed. In this way, Pharaoh, this food will be under your control. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And let them gather all the food of these good years that are coming and lay up grain under the direction and authority of Pharaoh, and let them retain food [in fortified granaries] in the cities. American Standard Version (1901) And let them gather all the food of these good years that come, and lay up grain under the hand of Pharaoh for food in the cities, and let them keep it. Common English Bible During the good years that are coming, they should collect all such food and store the grain under Pharaoh’s control, protecting the food in the cities. Catholic Public Domain Version that now have already begun to occur, be gathered into storehouses. And let all the grain be stored away, under the power of Pharaoh, and let it be kept in the cities. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version That shall now presently ensue. And let all the corn be laid up under Pharao's hands, and be reserved in the cities. |
Then you should choose other men to collect food from the people. During the seven good years, the people must give them one fifth of all the food they grow.
Then during the seven years of hunger, there will be food for the country of Egypt. And Egypt will not be destroyed by the famine.”
There was famine [241] everywhere, so Joseph gave the people grain from the warehouses. Joseph sold the stored grain to the people of Egypt. The famine was bad in Egypt.