Genesis 41:36

This food will be a reserve for the land during the seven years of famine to come upon the land of Egypt. Then the country will not perish in the famine.”

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Joseph addresses Pharaoh and his officials while proposing a policy to collect and store grain before the famine begins.

The words — The Hebrew term לְפִקָּדוֹן (le-piḳqāḏôn) translates literally as "a deposit" or "a store," marking the grain as a guarded reserve.

The thread — The verse frames the stored grain as the mechanism that will keep Egypt from perishing, while Genesis 47:13 notes the famine's severity by stating no food remained in the region.

Why it lands — The text requires the reader to see the grain as a concrete safeguard against scarcity, establishing preparation as the means of survival before any crisis strikes.

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The Hebrew words

וְהָיָ֨הve./ha.Yahand/ it will become הָאֹ֤כֶלha./'O.khelthe/ food לְפִקָּדוֹן֙le./fi.ka.dOn<into>/ a store לָאָ֔רֶץla./'A.retzfor the/ land לְשֶׁ֙בַע֙le./She.va'for/ seven שְׁנֵ֣יshe.Nei[the] years of הָרָעָ֔בha./ra.'Av<the>/ famine אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.Sherwhich תִּהְיֶ֖יןָtih.Yei.nathey will be בְּאֶ֣רֶץbe./'E.retzin/ [the] land of מִצְרָ֑יִםmitz.Ra.yimEgypt וְלֹֽא־ve./lo'-and/ not תִכָּרֵ֥תti.ka.Retit will be cut off הָאָ֖רֶץha./'A.retzthe/ land בָּרָעָֽב׃ba./ra.'Avby the/ famine

King James Version

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.

Cross-references

Genesis 47:13 There was no food, however, in all that region, because the famine was so severe; the lands of Egypt and Canaan had been exhausted by the famine.