Genesis 41:47

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

During the seven years of abundance the land produced large, bountiful harvests.

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 26:12 : 12 When Isaac planted in that land, he reaped in the same year a hundred times what he had sown, because the LORD blessed him.
  • Ps 72:16 : 16 May there be an abundance of grain in the earth; on the tops of the mountains may it sway! May its fruit trees flourish like the forests of Lebanon! May its crops be as abundant as the grass of the earth!

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Gen 41:48-49
    2 verses
    82%

    48Joseph collected all the excess food in the land of Egypt during the seven years and stored it in the cities. In every city he put the food gathered from the fields around it.

    49Joseph stored up a vast amount of grain, like the sand of the sea, until he stopped measuring it because it was impossible to measure.

  • Gen 41:29-31
    3 verses
    80%

    29Seven years of great abundance are coming throughout the whole land of Egypt.

    30But seven years of famine will occur after them, and all the abundance will be forgotten in the land of Egypt. The famine will devastate the land.

    31The previous abundance of the land will not be remembered because of the famine that follows, for the famine will be very severe.

  • Gen 41:34-36
    3 verses
    77%

    34Pharaoh should do this– he should appoint officials throughout the land to collect one-fifth of the produce of the land of Egypt during the seven years of abundance.

    35They should gather all the excess food during these good years that are coming. By Pharaoh’s authority they should store up grain so the cities will have food, and they should preserve it.

    36This food should be held in storage for the land in preparation for the seven years of famine that will occur throughout the land of Egypt. In this way the land will survive the famine.”

  • Gen 41:53-54
    2 verses
    76%

    53The seven years of abundance in the land of Egypt came to an end.

    54Then the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had predicted. There was famine in all the other lands, but throughout the land of Egypt there was food.

  • Gen 47:14
    74%

    14Joseph collected all the money that could be found in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan as payment for the grain they were buying. Then Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh’s palace.

  • Gen 41:56-57
    2 verses
    74%

    56While the famine was over all the earth, Joseph opened the storehouses and sold grain to the Egyptians. The famine was severe throughout the land of Egypt.

    57People from every country came to Joseph in Egypt to buy grain because the famine was severe throughout the earth.

  • Gen 41:46
    73%

    46Now Joseph was 30 years old when he began serving Pharaoh king of Egypt. Joseph was commissioned by Pharaoh and was in charge of all the land of Egypt.

  • Gen 41:26-27
    2 verses
    73%

    26The seven good cows represent seven years, and the seven good heads of grain represent seven years. Both dreams have the same meaning.

    27The seven lean, bad-looking cows that came up after them represent seven years, as do the seven empty heads of grain burned with the east wind. They represent seven years of famine.

  • Gen 47:24
    73%

    24When the crop comes in, give one-fifth of it to Pharaoh. The remaining four-fifths will be yours for seed for the fields and for you to eat, including those in your households and your little children.”

  • Ps 107:37
    72%

    37They cultivated fields, and planted vineyards, which yielded a harvest of fruit.

  • Gen 45:6
    72%

    6For these past two years there has been famine in the land and for five more years there will be neither plowing nor harvesting.

  • Gen 41:5
    72%

    5Then he fell asleep again and had a second dream: There were seven heads of grain growing on one stalk, healthy and good.

  • Gen 41:22
    72%

    22I also saw in my dream seven heads of grain growing on one stalk, full and good.

  • Gen 41:7
    71%

    7The thin heads swallowed up the seven healthy and full heads. Then Pharaoh woke up and realized it was a dream.

  • Lev 25:20-21
    2 verses
    71%

    20If you say,‘What will we eat in the seventh year if we do not sow and gather our produce?’

    21I will command my blessing for you in the sixth year so that it may yield the produce for three years,

  • Gen 47:12
    71%

    12Joseph also provided food for his father, his brothers, and all his father’s household, according to the number of their little children.

  • Gen 47:27
    71%

    27Israel settled in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen, and they owned land there. They were fruitful and increased rapidly in number.

  • Gen 43:1
    70%

    1The Second Journey to Egypt Now the famine was severe in the land.

  • Gen 41:18
    70%

    18Then seven fat and fine-looking cows were coming up out of the Nile, and they grazed in the reeds.

  • Gen 47:17-18
    2 verses
    70%

    17So they brought their livestock to Joseph, and Joseph gave them food in exchange for their horses, the livestock of their flocks and herds, and their donkeys. He got them through that year by giving them food in exchange for all their livestock.

    18When that year was over, they came to him the next year and said to him,“We cannot hide from our lord that the money is used up and the livestock and the animals belong to our lord. Nothing remains before our lord except our bodies and our land.