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In the sevenבְּשֶׁבַעyearsשְׁנֵיof abundanceהַשָּׂבָעthe landהָאָרֶץproducedוַתַּעַשׂby handfuls.לִקְמָצִים
Genesis 41:47
Study it in the app“In the seven years of abundance the land produced by handfuls.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 41:47, word by word
- In the sevenשֶׁבַעsheva
seven
Seven, the number of fullness; also "seven times".
Where else “sheva” appears- yearsשְׁנֵיshene
year
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shene” appears- of abundanceשָּׂבָעsava
plenty
Plenty: having more than enough to eat.
Where else “sava” appears- the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- producedתַּעַשׂtaas
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “taas” appears- by handfulsקְמָצִיםkematsim
handful
Handful. "By handfuls" means in great abundance.
Where else “kematsim” appears
The context
46Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh and passed through all the land of Egypt.
47 · This verse (above)
48He gathered all the food of the seven years that were in the land of Egypt, and put food in the cities; the food of the fields of each city that surrounded it he put in it.
To study Genesis 41 in a group
1. What it says
What did Pharaoh dream, and what plan did Joseph propose (vv. 1-7, 33-36)?
2. What it means
Why did Pharaoh recognize that the spirit of Elohim was in Joseph (v. 38)?
3. How I live it
What can you wisely prepare today for hard times that might come?