Let Par`oh do this, and let him appoint overseers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt's produce in the seven plenteous years.
Genesis 41:35 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) Let them gather all the food of these good years that come, and lay up grain under the hand of Par`oh for food in the cities, and let them keep it. 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. |
Let Par`oh do this, and let him appoint overseers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt's produce in the seven plenteous years.
The food will be for a store to the land against the seven years of famine, which will be in the land of Egypt; that the land not perish through the famine.*
The famine was over all the surface of the earth. Yosef opened all the store houses, and sold to the Egyptians. The famine was severe in the land of Egypt.