Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version During the seven years of abundance the land produced plentifully. New Living Translation As predicted, for seven years the land produced bumper crops. English Standard Version During the seven plentiful years the earth produced abundantly, Berean Standard Bible During the seven years of abundance, the land brought forth bountifully. King James Bible And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls. New King James Version Now in the seven plentiful years the ground brought forth abundantly. New American Standard Bible During the seven years of plenty the land produced abundantly. NASB 1995 During the seven years of plenty the land brought forth abundantly. NASB 1977 And during the seven years of plenty the land brought forth abundantly. Legacy Standard Bible And during the seven years of plenty the land brought forth abundantly. Amplified Bible In the seven abundant years the earth produced handfuls [for each seed planted]. Christian Standard Bible During the seven years of abundance the land produced outstanding harvests. Holman Christian Standard Bible During the seven years of abundance the land produced outstanding harvests. American Standard Version And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls. Contemporary English Version For seven years there were big harvests of grain. English Revised Version And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls. GOD'S WORD® Translation During the seven good years the land produced large harvests. Good News Translation During the seven years of plenty the land produced abundant crops, International Standard Version While bumper crops grew during the seven abundant years, Majority Standard Bible During the seven years of abundance, the land brought forth bountifully. NET Bible During the seven years of abundance the land produced large, bountiful harvests. New Heart English Bible During the seven years of abundance the land produced large harvests. Webster's Bible Translation And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfulls. World English Bible In the seven plenteous years the earth produced abundantly. Literal Translations Literal Standard Versionand the land makes in the seven years of plenty by handfuls. Young's Literal Translation and the land maketh in the seven years of plenty by handfuls. Smith's Literal Translation And the earth will make in the seven years of plenty by handfuls. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd the fruitfulness of the seven years came: and the corm being bound up into sheaves was gathered together into the barns of Egypt. Catholic Public Domain Version And the fertility of the seven years arrived. And when the grain fields were reduced to sheaves, these were gathered into the storehouses of Egypt. New American Bible During the seven years of plenty, when the land produced abundant crops, New Revised Standard Version During the seven plenteous years the earth produced abundantly. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd in the seven plenteous years the land brought forth abundantly. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And the land stocked up in granaries in the seven years of plenty. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And in the seven years of plenty the earth brought forth in heaps. Brenton Septuagint Translation And the land produced, in the seven years of plenty, whole handfuls of corn. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Seven Years of Plenty46Now Joseph was thirty years old when he entered the service of Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph left Pharaoh’s presence and traveled throughout the land of Egypt. 47During the seven years of abundance, the land brought forth bountifully. 48During those seven years, Joseph collected all the excess food in the land of Egypt and stored it in the cities. In every city he laid up the food from the fields around it.… Cross References Genesis 45:6-7 For the famine has covered the land these two years, and there will be five more years without plowing or harvesting. / God sent me before you to preserve you as a remnant on the earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance. Genesis 47:13-26 There was no food, however, in all that region, because the famine was so severe; the lands of Egypt and Canaan had been exhausted by the famine. / Joseph collected all the money to be found in the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan in exchange for the grain they were buying, and he brought it into Pharaoh’s palace. / When the money from the lands of Egypt and Canaan was gone, all the Egyptians came to Joseph and said, “Give us food. Why should we die before your eyes? For our funds have run out!” ... Exodus 1:11 So the Egyptians appointed taskmasters over the Israelites to oppress them with forced labor. As a result, they built Pithom and Rameses as store cities for Pharaoh. Exodus 12:35-36 Furthermore, the Israelites acted on Moses’ word and asked the Egyptians for articles of silver and gold, and for clothing. / And the LORD gave the people such favor in the sight of the Egyptians that they granted their request. In this way they plundered the Egyptians. Deuteronomy 28:47-48 Because you did not serve the LORD your God with joy and gladness of heart in all your abundance, / you will serve your enemies the LORD will send against you in famine, thirst, nakedness, and destitution. He will place an iron yoke on your neck until He has destroyed you. 1 Kings 4:22-28 Solomon’s provisions for a single day were thirty cors of fine flour, sixty cors of meal, / ten fat oxen, twenty range oxen, and a hundred sheep, as well as deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fattened poultry. / For Solomon had dominion over everything west of the Euphrates—over all the kingdoms from Tiphsah to Gaza—and he had peace on all sides. ... 2 Kings 7:1-2 Then Elisha said, “Hear the word of the LORD! This is what the LORD says: ‘About this time tomorrow at the gate of Samaria, a seah of fine flour will sell for a shekel, and two seahs of barley will sell for a shekel.’” / But the officer on whose arm the king leaned answered the man of God, “Look, even if the LORD were to make windows in heaven, could this really happen?” “You will see it with your own eyes,” replied Elisha, “but you will not eat any of it.” Psalm 105:16-22 He called down famine on the land and cut off all their supplies of food. / He sent a man before them—Joseph, sold as a slave. / They bruised his feet with shackles and placed his neck in irons, ... Proverbs 6:6-8 Walk in the manner of the ant, O slacker; observe its ways and become wise. / Without a commander, without an overseer or ruler, / it prepares its provisions in summer; it gathers its food at harvest. Isaiah 23:3 On the great waters came the grain of Shihor; the harvest of the Nile was the revenue of Tyre; she was the merchant of the nations. Isaiah 30:23 Then He will send rain for the seed that you have sown in the ground, and the food that comes from your land will be rich and plentiful. On that day your cattle will graze in open pastures. Jeremiah 8:20 “The harvest has passed, the summer has ended, but we have not been saved.” Ezekiel 27:17 Judah and the land of Israel traded with you; they exchanged wheat from Minnith, cakes and honey, oil and balm for your merchandise. Joel 1:10-12 The field is ruined; the land mourns. For the grain is destroyed, the new wine is dried up, and the oil fails. / Be dismayed, O farmers, wail, O vinedressers, over the wheat and barley, because the harvest of the field has perished. / The grapevine is dried up, and the fig tree is withered; the pomegranate, palm, and apple—all the trees of the orchard—are withered. Surely the joy of mankind has dried up. Amos 4:6-9 “I afflicted all your cities with cleanness of teeth and all your towns with lack of bread, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD. / “I also withheld the rain from you when the harvest was three months away. I sent rain on one city but withheld it from another. One field received rain; another without rain withered. / People staggered from city to city for water to drink, but they were not satisfied; yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD. ... Treasury of Scripture And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls. From A. Genesis 26:12 Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him. Psalm 72:16 There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth. Jump to Previous Abundance Abundantly Earth Forth Fruit Good Handfuls Heaps Maketh Masses Plenteous Plentifully Plenty Produced SevenJump to Next Abundance Abundantly Earth Forth Fruit Good Handfuls Heaps Maketh Masses Plenteous Plentifully Plenty Produced SevenGenesis 41 1. Pharaoh has two dreams.9. Joseph interprets them. 33. He gives Pharaoh counsel, and is highly advanced, and married. 46. The seven years of plenty. 50. He begets children. 53. The famine begins. During the seven years of abundance This phrase sets the stage for a period of prosperity that was divinely revealed to Joseph through Pharaoh's dreams. The number seven in the Bible often symbolizes completeness or perfection, indicating that this was a divinely appointed time of fullness. The Hebrew word for "abundance" is "שָׂבָע" (sava), which conveys a sense of satisfaction and fullness. This period of abundance was not just a natural occurrence but a fulfillment of God's promise and a demonstration of His sovereignty over the natural world. It reminds us that God is the ultimate provider, and His timing is perfect. the land brought forth bountifully Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew During the sevenבְּשֶׁ֖בַע (bə·še·ḇa‘) Preposition-b | Number - feminine singular Strong's 7651: Seven, seven times, a week, an indefinite number years שְׁנֵ֣י (šə·nê) Noun - feminine plural construct Strong's 8141: A year of abundance, הַשָּׂבָ֑ע (haś·śā·ḇā‘) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 7647: Plenty, satiety the land הָאָ֔רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 776: Earth, land brought forth וַתַּ֣עַשׂ (wat·ta·‘aś) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 6213: To do, make bountifully. לִקְמָצִֽים׃ (liq·mā·ṣîm) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 7062: Closed hand, fist Links Genesis 41:47 NIVGenesis 41:47 NLT Genesis 41:47 ESV Genesis 41:47 NASB Genesis 41:47 KJV Genesis 41:47 BibleApps.com Genesis 41:47 Biblia Paralela Genesis 41:47 Chinese Bible Genesis 41:47 French Bible Genesis 41:47 Catholic Bible OT Law: Genesis 41:47 In the seven plenteous years the earth (Gen. 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