Genesis 41:48
King James Version
8 Jun 2026
“And he gathered up all the food of the seven years, which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities: the food of the field, which was round about every city, laid he up in the same.”
הָיָה
I AM. Hayah. The self-existent one. When Moses asked God His name God said I AM THAT I AM. Not I was or I will be but I AM. Always present always existing always enough. Jesus used the same words: before Abraham was I AM.
שֶׁבַע
seven
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שֶׁבַע
seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number
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סָבִיב
was around/ it
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סָבִיב
(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
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נָתַן
he put
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נָתַן
To give, to grant, to permit. Nathan. God is always giving. His hand is always open.
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מִצְרַיִם
Egypt
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מִצְרַיִם
Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
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שָׁנֶה
the years
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שָׁנֶה
a year (as a revolution of time)
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שָׂדֶה
the fields of
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שָׂדֶה
a field (as flat)
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