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Genesis 41:35 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 35. 35And let them gather all the food of those good years that come, and lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh, and let them keep food in the cities.
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Quick Meaning
The officers are to gather food from the coming good years, store grain under Pharaoh's authority in the cities, and guard it. The plan connects local storage with centralized authorization.
Read It With
- Genesis 41:1–36
Read verses 33–36. Leadership, officers, collection, city storage, guarding, and preservation form one coordinated response to the famine warning.
Why This Verse Appears Here
City storage and guarding explain how the collected food is to be preserved before the famine arrives.
Read Genesis 41:33–36 together
Why these verses belong together: The discerning leader, appointed officers, fifth, city storage, guarded reserve, and preservation purpose form one administrative counsel.
Verse 33. 33 Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt.
Verse 34. 34 Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint officers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years.
Verse 35. 35 And let them gather all the food of those good years that come, and lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh, and let them keep food in the cities.
Verse 36. 36 And that food shall be for store to the land against the seven years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; that the land perish not through the famine.
What Remains True
Reserves protect people only when collection, storage, security, and later access are responsibly governed.
How It Can Shape Life
- Design emergency supplies with verified inventory, safe storage, independent oversight, local access, and anti-corruption controls.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Genesis 41:1–36 — Pharaoh Dreams, Joseph Interprets, and Egypt Is WarnedSources used for this Verse Lens
How certain is this explanation? strong
Where care is needed
The verse does not state warehouse design, city selection, labor conditions, accounting systems, or distribution rules.
These are the sources used directly for this lens. Language, grammar, disagreements, and the complete source shelf remain attached to the full thought-unit research record.
Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
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Supports: Displayed text, delay, dreams, recollection, summons, interpretation, counsel, response, later grain movement, and later famine administration.
Exact location: Genesis 41:1–36; 40:20–23; 41:37–57; 42:1–9; 47:13–26 in the pinned standardized 1769 KJV
Open source ↗hebrew text morphology and lemma data
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible — Genesis
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project
Open Scriptures, Version 2.2 released 2021; repository inspected 2026
Supports: Two-full-years phrase, Nile and dream wording, troubled spirit, hartummim, cupbearer faults, pit and clothing, bil'adai, shalom Pharaoh, dream duplication, discernment, fifth, reserve, and land-preservation wording.
Exact location: WLC Genesis 41:1–36, especially vv. 1, 8–9, 14–16, 24–36
Open source ↗Translation and textual notes
NET Bible — Genesis with translators' notes
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, Digital edition accessed 2026
Supports: Chronology, Egyptian imagery, court specialists, sins, court preparation, Joseph's denial, welfare phrase, retelling, seven-year correspondence, repetition, fifth, authority, reserve, and preservation.
Exact location: NET Genesis 41 notes for vv. 1–36, especially vv. 1–8, 9, 14–16, 24–36
Open NET Genesis 41 ↗