29 Behold, (A)seven years of great abundance are coming in all the land of Egypt; 30 and after them (B)seven years of famine will [a]come, and all the abundance will be forgotten in the land of Egypt, and the famine will [b]ravage the land. 31 So the abundance will be unknown in the land because of that subsequent famine; for it will be very severe. 32 Now as for the repeating of the dream to Pharaoh twice, it means that (C)the matter is confirmed by God, and God will quickly bring it about. 33 So now let Pharaoh look for a man (D)discerning and wise, and appoint him over the land of Egypt. 34 Let Pharaoh take action to appoint overseers [c]in charge of the land, and let him take a fifth of the produce of the land of Egypt as a tax in the seven years of abundance. 35 Then have them (E)collect all the food of these good years that are coming, and store up the grain for food in the cities under Pharaoh’s authority, and have them guard it. 36 Let the food be used as a reserve for the land for the seven years of famine which will occur in the land of Egypt, so that the land will not perish during the famine.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 41:30 Lit arise
  2. Genesis 41:30 Lit destroy
  3. Genesis 41:34 Lit over

29 Seven years of great abundance(A) are coming throughout the land of Egypt, 30 but seven years of famine(B) will follow them. Then all the abundance in Egypt will be forgotten, and the famine will ravage the land.(C) 31 The abundance in the land will not be remembered, because the famine that follows it will be so severe. 32 The reason the dream was given to Pharaoh in two forms is that the matter has been firmly decided(D) by God, and God will do it soon.(E)

33 “And now let Pharaoh look for a discerning and wise man(F) and put him in charge of the land of Egypt.(G) 34 Let Pharaoh appoint commissioners(H) over the land to take a fifth(I) of the harvest of Egypt during the seven years of abundance.(J) 35 They should collect all the food of these good years that are coming and store up the grain under the authority of Pharaoh, to be kept in the cities for food.(K) 36 This food should be held in reserve for the country, to be used during the seven years of famine that will come upon Egypt,(L) so that the country may not be ruined by the famine.”

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15 Now when it was evening, the disciples came to Him and said, “This place is secluded and the hour is already past to eat; send the crowds away, so that they may go into the villages and buy food for themselves.” 16 But Jesus said to them, “They do not need to go; you give them something to eat!” 17 They *said to Him, “We have nothing here except (A)five loaves and two fish.” 18 And He said, “Bring them here to Me.” 19 And ordering the crowds to [a]sit down on the grass, He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looked up toward heaven. He (B)blessed the food and breaking the loaves, He gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds. 20 And they all ate and were satisfied, and they picked up what was left over of the broken pieces: twelve full (C)baskets. 21 There were about five thousand men who ate, besides women and children.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 14:19 Lit recline

15 As evening approached, the disciples came to him and said, “This is a remote place, and it’s already getting late. Send the crowds away, so they can go to the villages and buy themselves some food.”

16 Jesus replied, “They do not need to go away. You give them something to eat.”

17 “We have here only five loaves(A) of bread and two fish,” they answered.

18 “Bring them here to me,” he said. 19 And he directed the people to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke the loaves.(B) Then he gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people. 20 They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over. 21 The number of those who ate was about five thousand men, besides women and children.

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