Study it in the app“He 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.”
He gatheredוַיִּקְבֹּץallאֶת כָּלthe foodאֹכֶלof the sevenשֶׁבַעyearsשָׁנִיםthat wereאֲשֶׁר הָיוּin the landבְּאֶרֶץof Egypt,מִצְרַיִםand putוַיִּתֶּןfoodאֹכֶלin the cities;בֶּעָרִיםthe foodאֹכֶלof the fieldsשְׂדֵהof each cityהָעִירthatאֲשֶׁרsurrounded itסְבִיבֹתֶיהָhe putנָתַןin it.בְּתוֹכָהּ
collect
To gather things, like grain.
Where else “yikbots” appearsfood
Food, provisions.
Where else “ochel” appearsseven
Seven, the number of fullness; also "seven times".
Where else “sheva” appearsyear
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shanim” appearsexist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “hayu” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appearsEgypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appearsput
To place something somewhere.
Where else “yiten” appearscity
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “arim” appearsfarmland
Land that is farmed.
Where else “sede” appearsaround
In a circle or on every side of something: the camp, the city, the altar.
Where else “sevivote” appearsinside
The inside of a place or an enclosed space.
Where else “tocha” appearsEgypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
47In the seven years of abundance the land produced by handfuls.
48 · This verse (above)
49Joseph stored up grain like the sand of the sea, very much, until he stopped counting, for it was without number.
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?
