Génesis 41:48

Listen to Génesis 41:48
48 Y 茅l junt贸 todo el mantenimiento de los siete a帽os que fueron en la tierra de Egipto, y guard贸 mantenimiento en las ciudades, poniendo en cada ciudad el mantenimiento del campo de sus alrededores.

Génesis 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.


FOOTNOTES:

F15 Norden's Travels in Egypt vol. 1. p. 72.
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Génesis 41:48 In-Context

46 Y era Jos茅 de edad de treinta a帽os cuando fu茅 presentado delante de Fara贸n, rey de Egipto: y sali贸 Jos茅 de delante de Fara贸n, y transit贸 por toda la tierra de Egipto.
47 E hizo la tierra en aquellos siete a帽os de hartura 谩 montones.
48 Y 茅l junt贸 todo el mantenimiento de los siete a帽os que fueron en la tierra de Egipto, y guard贸 mantenimiento en las ciudades, poniendo en cada ciudad el mantenimiento del campo de sus alrededores.
49 Y acopi贸 Jos茅 trigo como arena de la mar, mucho en extremo, hasta no poderse contar, porque no ten铆a n煤mero.
50 Y nacieron 谩 Jos茅 dos hijos antes que viniese el primer a帽o del hambre, los cuales le pari贸 Asenath, hija de Potipherah, sacerdote de On.
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