Genesis 41:35
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.
Genesis 41:35 in other translations
| BSB | Under the authority of Pharaoh, let them collect all the excess food from these good years, that they may come and lay up the grain to be preserved as food in the cities. |
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| WEB | Let them gather all the food of these good years that come, and store grain under the hand of Pharaoh for food in the cities, and let them keep it. |
| ASV | 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. |
| YLT | and they gather all the food of these good years that are coming, and heap up corn under the hand of Pharaoh--food in the cities; and they have kept it, |
| DARBY | and let them gather all the food of these coming good years, and lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh, for food in the cities, and keep it. |
| BBE | And let them get together all the food in those good years and make a store of grain under Pharaoh's control for the use of the towns, and let them keep it. |
| Webster | 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. |
What does Genesis 41:35 mean?
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 41:33-45
Joseph gave good advice to Pharaoh. Fair warning should always be followed by good counsel. God has in his word told us of a day of trial before us, when we shall need all the grace we can have. Now, therefore, provide accordingly. Pharaoh gave Joseph an honourable testimony. He is a man in whom the spirit of God is; and such men ought to be valued. Pharaoh puts upon Joseph marks of honour. He gave him such a name…
Genesis 41:35 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Genesis 41:35
- Genesis 41:48-49
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. And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for it was without number.
- Genesis 45:6-7
For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and yet there are five years, in the which there shall neither be earing nor harvest. And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.
- Genesis 41:56
And the famine was over all the face of the earth: And Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and the famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt.
- Exodus 4:13
And he said, O my Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou wilt send.
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Context
- Genesis 41:34
Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint officers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years.
- Genesis 41:35
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.
- Genesis 41:36
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.
Genesis 41:35 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y junten toda la provisión de estos buenos años que vienen, y alleguen el trigo bajo la mano de Faraón para mantenimiento de las ciudades; y guárdenlo. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | et qu’ils rassemblent tous les vivres de ces bonnes années qui viennent, et qu’ils amassent le blé sous la main du Pharaon pour nourriture dans les villes, et qu’ils le gardent. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | und man sammle alle Speise dieser kommenden guten Jahre und schütte Getreide auf unter des Pharao Hand zur Speise in den Städten und bewahre es auf. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | qui jam nunc futuri sunt, congreget in horrea: et omne frumentum sub Pharaonis potestate condatur, serveturque in urbibus. |