Genesis 41:48 - Tree of Life Version So he gathered all the food in the land of Egypt during the seven years, and put food in the cities; the food from the city fields surrounding the cities he put in each city. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 like the sand of the sea, vast amounts, until he stopped keeping record because it was beyond counting.
He made the people slaves from one end of Egypt’s border to the other.