Verse Lens · Context pointer
Genesis 41:47 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 47. 47And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls.
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Role in This Section
During the seven abundant years, the land produces extraordinarily. This begins the fulfillment of Joseph's interpretation and provides what the storage plan requires.
Read It With
- Genesis 41:37–57
Read verses 47–49 with verses 29 and 34–36. The promised abundance arrives, Joseph gathers food locally, and the stored quantity exceeds practical counting.
Why It Needs Context
Verse 47 records yield but not the storage or purpose. Verses 48–49 show how abundance becomes a reserve rather than a prosperity slogan.
Read Genesis 41:46–49 together
Why these verses belong together: Joseph's age and travel introduce the abundant yield, local city storage, and extraordinary reserve.
Verse 46. 46 And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.
Verse 47. 47 And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls.
Verse 48. 48 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.
Verse 49. 49 And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for it was without number.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Genesis 41:37–57 — Joseph Rises to Govern EgyptSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
Where care is needed
The unusual Hebrew phrase behind KJV 'by handfuls' does not give a precise yield measurement.
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
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Displayed text, appointment, investiture, administration, names, famine, dream fulfillment, later transactions, and sons' later role.
Exact location: Genesis 41:37–57; 37:5–11; 42:1–9; 47:13–26; 48:1–22 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: Divine-spirit wording, difficult rule and acclamation terms, Egyptian names, abundance idiom, Manasseh and Ephraim wordplays, totalizing scope, stores, and sales.
Exact location: WLC Genesis 41:37–57, especially vv. 38, 40, 42–45, 47–57
Open source ↗