Genesis 41:48

48 Und er sammelte alle Speise der sieben Jahre, die im Lande Ägypten waren, und legte die Speise in die Städte; die Speise des Gefildes der Stadt, das um sie her war, legte er darein.

Genesis 41:48 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 41:48

And he gathered up all the food of the seven years
That is, of plenty; not all the fruits of the earth, or all that was eatable, but the corn, as in ( Genesis 41:49 ) ; and not all of that the earth produced, but the fifth part of it, as he proposed, which he bought with Pharaoh's money, and therefore: had a right to sell it again as he did: which were in the land of Egypt;
in which only he had a concern, and where only was this plenty: and laid up the food in the cities;
in places built for that purpose, and whither the people round about could easily bring it, and fetch it, when it was wanted: the food of the field, which [was] round about every city, laid he up
in the same;
which was very wisely done, for present carriage, and for the convenience of the people in time of famine. At this day, at old Cairo, is an edifice the most considerable in it, called Joseph's granary; it occupies a square, surrounded by a wall, and has divers partitions contrived within it, where is deposited the corn, that is paid as a tax to the Gram Seignior, brought from different parts of Egypt ^F15.

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FOOTNOTES:

F15 Norden's Travels in Egypt vol. 1. p. 72.

Genesis 41:48 In-Context

46 Und Joseph war dreißig Jahre alt, als er vor dem Pharao, dem Könige von Ägypten, stand. Und Joseph ging weg von dem Pharao und zog durch das ganze Land Ägypten.

47 Und das Land trug in den sieben Jahren des Überflusses händevoll.

48 Und er sammelte alle Speise der sieben Jahre, die im Lande Ägypten waren, und legte die Speise in die Städte; die Speise des Gefildes der Stadt, das um sie her war, legte er darein.

49 Und Joseph schüttete Getreide auf wie Sand des Meeres, über die Maßen viel, bis man aufhörte zu zählen, denn es war ohne Zahl.

50 Und dem Joseph wurden zwei Söhne geboren, ehe das Jahr der Hungersnot kam, welche Asnath ihm gebar, die Tochter Potipheras, des Priesters von On.