Genesis 41:34-36

New Catholic Bible

³⁴ Pharaoh should also appoint overseers in the land to collect a fifth of the produce of the land during the years of abundance. ³⁵ They should collect all the food in these good years that are about to take place. They will gather the grain under the authority of Pharaoh and place it in granaries in the cities. ³⁶ This food will serve as a reserve in the land for the seven years of famine that will come upon the land of Egypt. Thus, the land will not be devastated during the famine.”