Genesis 41 · Verse 47

Genesis 41:47

And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls.
Genesis 41:47, King James Version

Genesis 41:47 in other translations

BSBDuring the seven years of abundance, the land brought forth bountifully.
WEBIn the seven plenteous years the earth produced abundantly.
ASVAnd in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls.
YLTand the land maketh in the seven years of plenty by handfuls.
DARBYAnd in the seven years of plenty the land brought forth by handfuls.
BBENow in the seven good years the earth gave fruit in masses.
WebsterAnd in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfulls.

What does Genesis 41:47 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
47. the earth brought forth by handfuls--a singular expression, alluding not only to the luxuriance of the crop, but the practice of the reapers grasping the ears, which alone were cut.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 47 The earth brought forth by handfuls - This probably refers principally to rice, as it grows in tufts, a great number of stalks proceeding from the same seed. In those years the Nile probably rose sixteen cubits; See Clarke on Gen 41:31 (note).

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 41:46-57

In the names of his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim, Joseph owned the Divine providence. 1. He was made to forget his misery. 2. He was made fruitful in the land of his affliction. The seven plenteous years came, and were ended. We ought to look forward to the end of the days, both of our prosperity and of our opportunity. We must not be secure in prosperity, nor slothful in making good use of opportunity. Years of…

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Genesis 41:47 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַתַּ֣עַשׂva.Ta.'asand it producedH6213
הָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzthe landH776
בְּשֶׁ֖בַעbe.She.va'in sevenH7651
שְׁנֵ֣יshe.Nei[the] years ofH8141
הַשָּׂבָ֑עha.sa.Va'<the> plentyH7647
לִקְמָצִֽים\׃lik.ma.Tzimto handfulsH7062

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Genesis 41:47

  • Genesis 26:12

    Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the Lord blessed him.

  • Psalms 72:16

    There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
From A.M. 2289, B.C. 1715, to A.M. 2296, B.C. 1708.handfuls.
26:12; Ps 72:16

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Genesis 41:46

    And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.

  • Genesis 41:47

    And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls.

  • Genesis 41:48

    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.

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Genesis 41:47 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		E hizo la tierra en aquellos siete años de hartura á montones.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		*Et la terre rapporta à pleines mains pendant les sept années d’abondance.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und das Land trug in den sieben Jahren des Überflusses händevoll.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Venitque fertilitas septem annorum: et in manipulos redactæ segetes congregatæ sunt in horrea Ægypti.