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Text -- Genesis 41:48-57 (NET)
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41:48 Joseph collected all the excess food in the land of Egypt during the seven years and stored it in the cities . In every city he put the food gathered from the fields around it.
41:49 Joseph stored up a vast amount of grain , like the sand of the sea , until he stopped measuring it because it was impossible to measure .
41:50 Two sons were born to Joseph before the famine came . Asenath daughter of Potiphera , priest of On , was their mother .
41:51 Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh , saying, “Certainly God has made me forget all my trouble and all my father’s house .”
41:52 He named the second child Ephraim , saying, “Certainly God has made me fruitful in the land of my suffering .”
41:53 The seven years of abundance in the land of Egypt came to an end .
41:54 Then the seven years of famine began , just as Joseph had predicted . There was famine in all the other lands , but throughout the land of Egypt there was food .
41:55 When all the land of Egypt experienced the famine , the people cried out to Pharaoh for food . Pharaoh said to all the people of Egypt , “Go to Joseph and do whatever he tells you.”
41:56 While the famine was over all the earth , Joseph opened the storehouses and sold grain to the Egyptians . The famine was severe throughout the land of Egypt .
41:57 People from every country came to Joseph in Egypt to buy grain because the famine was severe throughout the earth .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Famine |
Joseph |
Egypt |
Prudence |
Servant |
GENESIS, 1-2 |
Government |
Economics |
God |
Rulers |
Pharaoh |
Ephraim |
DELUGE OF NOAH |
Frugality |
Seven |
Manasseh |
Asenath |
Thankfulness |
NAMES, PROPER |
Grain |
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NET Notes: Gen 41:48 Heb “of the seven years which were in the land of Egypt and placed food in the cities.”
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NET Notes: Gen 41:49 Heb “and Joseph gathered grain like the sand of the sea, multiplying much.” To emphasize the vast amount of grain he stored up, the Hebrew...
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NET Notes: Gen 41:55 Heb “to all Egypt.” The name of the country is used by metonymy for the inhabitants.
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NET Notes: Gen 41:56 The MT reads “he opened all that was in [or “among”] them.” The translation follows the reading of the LXX and Syriac versions...
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