Génesis 41:36

36 Este alimento almacenado le servirá a Egipto para los siete años de hambre que sufrirá, y así la gente del país no morirá de hambre.

Génesis 41:36 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 41:36

And that food shall be for store to the land
A deposit in the said cities, to be brought forth and used in a time of public distress; the Targum of Jonathan is, it

``shall be hidden in a cave in the earth:''

against the seven years of famine which shall be in the land of Egypt:
and so be a supply to the inhabitants of the land, when they should be sore pressed with a famine, and know not what to do, nor where to go for food: that the land perish not through the famine;
that is, that the people of the land perish not, as the above Targum, which, without such a provision, they would have been in great danger of perishing. Justin, an Heathen writer ^F17, confirms this account of the advice of Joseph, of whom he says, that

``he was exceeding sagacious of things wonderful, and first found out the meaning of dreams; and nothing of right, divine or human, seemed unknown to him, so that he could foresee the barrenness of land many years beforehand; and all Egypt would have perished with the famine, if the king, by his advice, had not commanded an edict, that the fruits of the earth, for many years, should be preserved.''

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FOOTNOTES:

F17 E. Trogo, l. 36. c. 32.

Génesis 41:36 In-Context

34 Además, el faraón debería nombrar inspectores en todo Egipto, para que durante los siete años de abundancia recauden la quinta parte de la cosecha en todo el país.

35 Bajo el control del faraón, esos inspectores deberán juntar el grano de los años buenos que vienen y almacenarlo en las ciudades, para que haya una reserva de alimento.

36 Este alimento almacenado le servirá a Egipto para los siete años de hambre que sufrirá, y así la gente del país no morirá de hambre.

37 Al faraón y a sus servidores les pareció bueno el plan.

38 Entonces el faraón les preguntó a sus servidores:—¿Podremos encontrar una persona así, en quien repose el espíritu de Dios?