Genesis 41:47
And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls.
And in the seuen plenteous yeres the earth brought forth by handfuls.
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16There 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.
16There shalbe an handfull of corne in the earth vpon the top of the mountaines; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon, and they of the citie shall flourish like grasse of the earth.
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Genesis 41:47
1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.
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Abundant, plentiful, or present in great quantity or degree.
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Periods of twelve months.
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Sense 1: The world in distinction from heaven. Sense 2: Dry land, ground, soil, or dust. Sense 3: A land, region, or its inhabitants.
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1. Outward, away, or forward from a place, person, possession, or former position. 2. In constructions of bearing or producing, into birth, growth, fruit, or another stated result. 3. With verbs such as put, stretch, spread, or reach, outward by extension or exertion. 4. In constructions of showing, speaking, issuing, or displaying, into view, expression, publication, or effect. 5. Onward from a stated time or point, as in from that time forth.
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Quantities that can be held in one hand; small amounts.
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41:46¶ 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.
41:46( And Ioseph was thirtie yeeres old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt) and Ioseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went thorowout all the land of Egypt.
41:47And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls.
41:47And in the seuen plenteous yeres the earth brought forth by handfuls.
Selected passage41:48And 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.
41:48And he gathered vp all the foode of the seuen yeeres, which were in the land of Egypt, and laid vp the foode in the cities: the foode of the field which was round about euery citie, laid he vp in the same.
41:49And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for it was without number.
41:49And Ioseph gathered corne as the sand of the sea, very much, vntill he left numbring: for it was without number.
41:50And unto Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine came, which Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah priest of On bare unto him.
41:50*And vnto Ioseph were borne two sonnes, before the yeeres of famine came: which Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah, ‖Priest of On bare vnto him.
41:51And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: For God, said he, hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father’s house.
41:51And Ioseph called the name of the first borne †Manasseh: for God, said hee, hath made me forget all my toile, and all my fathers house.
41:52And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.
41:52And the name of the second called he †Ephraim: for God hath caused mee to be fruitfull in the land of my affliction.