Genesis 41:47 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls.”

Genesis 41:47 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Genesis 41:47 in 6 Bible Translations

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Genesis 41:47 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“In the seven plenteous years the earth produced abundantly.”

Genesis 41:47 — World English Bible

Genesis 41:47 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls.”

Genesis 41:47 — American Standard Version

Genesis 41:47 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“and the land maketh in the seven years of plenty by handfuls.”

Genesis 41:47 — Young's Literal Translation

Genesis 41:47 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“And in the seven years of plenty the land brought forth by handfuls.”

Genesis 41:47 — Darby Translation

Genesis 41:47 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“And in the seuen plenteous yeres the earth brought foorth store.”

Genesis 41:47 — Geneva Bible

Genesis 41:47 in Context — Genesis 41

45 And Pharaoh called Joseph’s name Zaphnath–paaneah; and he gave him to wife Asenath the daughter of Poti–pherah priest of On. And Joseph went out over all the land of Egypt.

46 And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.

47 And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls.

48 And he gathered up all the food of the seven years, which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities: the food of the field, which was round about every city, laid he up in the same.

49 And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for it was without number.

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What Does Genesis 41:47 Mean?

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