Bible Strands
Genesis 41:47
During the seven years of abundance, the land brought forth bountifully.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator records the fulfillment of the seven-year harvest period immediately after Joseph begins his administrative tour of Egypt and before he initiates grain storage.
The words — The Hebrew verb וַתַּעַשׂ (va.tāʿaś) literally means “it produced,” paired with לִקְמָצִים (liqəmaṣîm), “to handfuls,” to quantify the land’s agricultural output.
The thread — This pattern of exceptional yield parallels Isaac’s hundredfold harvest in Genesis 26:12 and the promised grain abundance in Psalm 72:16.
Why it lands — The passage requires the reader to note the precise measurement of divine provision before any human response, establishing a factual baseline that makes subsequent storage and famine management logically necessary.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls.
Cross-references
- Genesis 26:12 Now Isaac sowed seed in the land, and that very year he reaped a hundredfold. And the LORD blessed him,
- Psalms 72:16 May there be an abundance of grain in the land; may it sway atop the hills. May its fruit trees flourish like the forests of Lebanon, the people of its cities like the grass of the field.