Genesis 41:48 — Compare Translations

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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

And he gathereth all the food of the seven years which have been in the land of Egypt, and putteth food in the cities; the food of the field which [is] round about [each] city hath he put in its midst;

English ASV

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.

English Amplified

And he gathered up all the [surplus] food of the seven [good] years in the land of Egypt and stored up the food in the cities; he stored away in each city the food from the fields around it.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

And he gathered up all the [surplus] food of the seven [good] years in the land of Egypt and stored up the food in the cities; he stored away in each city the food from the fields around it.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

During 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.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

Joseph gathered all the excess food in the land of Egypt during the seven years and put it in the cities. He put the food in every city from the fields around it.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

And he gathered up all the food of the seven years that was in the land of Egypt, and put the food in the cities; the food of the fields of the city, which were round about it, he laid up in it.

English EASY 2024

Joseph took all the extra food that grew in the seven good years. He stored it in Egypt's cities, near the fields where it had grown.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

Joseph saved the food in Egypt during those seven years and stored the food in the cities. In every city he stored grain that grew in the fields around the city.

and he gathered up all the food of these seven years, which occurred in the land of Egypt, and put the food in the cities. He put in every city the food from the fields around it.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

all of which Joseph collected and stored in the cities. In each city he stored the food from the fields around it.

English God's Word - GW 1995

During those years, Joseph took a portion of all the crops grown in Egypt and stored them for the government in nearby cities.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

Joseph gathered all the [excess] food in the land of Egypt during the seven years and placed it in the cities. He placed the food in every city from the fields around it.

English KJV 1611

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.

English LSB

So he gathered all the food of these seven years which happened in the land of Egypt and placed the food in the cities; he placed in every city the food from its own surrounding fields.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

So he gathered up all the food of the seven years which was in the land of Egypt and laid up the food in the cities. He put in every city the food of the fields which surrounded the city.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

So he gathered all the food of these seven years which occurred in the land of Egypt and placed the food in the cities; he placed in every city the food from its own surrounding fields.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

he husbanded all the food of these years of plenty that the land of Egypt was enjoying and stored it in the towns, placing in each town the crops of the fields around it.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

Joseph 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.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

Joseph collected all of the extra food produced in those seven years in Egypt. He stored it in the cities. In each city he stored up the food that was grown in the fields around it.

English NIV

Joseph collected all the food produced in those seven years of abundance in Egypt and stored it in the cities. In each city he put the food grown in the fields surrounding it.

English NKJ 1982

So 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; he laid up in every city the food of the fields which surrounded them.

English NLT

During those years, Joseph took a portion of all the crops grown in Egypt and stored them for the government in nearby cities.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

He gathered up all the food of the seven years when there was plenty in the land of Egypt, and stored up food in the cities; he stored up in every city the food from the fields around it.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

Joseph supervised the gathering up of all the great stores of food of the seven years of abundance and strategically placed them in various walled cities near where the harvest was gathered.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

and he gathered up all the food of the seven years when there was plenty in the land of Egypt, and stored up food in the cities; he stored up in every city the food from the fields around it.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

During those years, Joseph requisitioned for the government a portion of all the crops grown throughout Egypt, storing them in nearby cities.

English Tyndale 1537

and gathered up all the food of the seven plenteous years which were in the land of Egypt and put it into the cities. And he put the food of the fields that grew round about every city: even in the same.