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The Seven Years of Plenty

Genesis 41:47

In 11 translations

BSB
During the seven years of abundance, the land brought forth bountifully.
KJV
And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls.
WEB
In the seven plenteous years the earth produced abundantly.
ASV
And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls.
LSV
and the land makes in the seven years of plenty by handfuls.
YLT
and the land maketh in the seven years of plenty by handfuls.
DBY
And in the seven years of plenty the land brought forth by handfuls.
DRC
And the fruitfulness of the seven years came: and the corn being bound up into sheaves was gathered together into the barns of Egypt.
GNV
And in the seuen plenteous yeres the earth brought foorth store.
JPS
And in the seven years of plenty the earth brought forth in heaps.
LXXE
And the land produced, in the seven years of plenty, whole handfuls of corn.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
וַתַּ֣עַשׂ הָאָ֔רֶץ בְּשֶׁ֖בַע שְׁנֵ֣י הַשָּׂבָ֑ע לִקְמָצִֽים׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἐποίησεν ἡ γῆ ἐν τοῖς ἑπτὰ ἔτεσι τῆς εὐθηνίας δράγματα.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Genesis 26:12Now Isaac sowed seed in the land, and that very year he reaped a hundredfold. And the LORD blessed him,
  • Psalms 72:16May there be an abundance of grain in the land; may it sway atop the hills. May its fruit trees flourish like the forests of Lebanon, and its people like the grass of the field.

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