Genesis 41:35

41:35 They should gather all the excess food ¹  during these good years that are coming. By Pharaoh’s authority ²  they should store up grain so the cities will have food, ³  and they should preserve it. ⁴ 

Genesis 41:48

41:48 Joseph ⁵  collected all the excess food ⁶  in the land of Egypt during the seven years and stored it in the cities. ⁷  In every city he put the food gathered from the fields around it.

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¹ tn Heb “all the food.”

² tn Heb “under the hand of Pharaoh.”

³ tn Heb “[for] food in the cities.” The noun translated “food” is an adverbial accusative in the sentence.

⁴ tn The perfect with vav (ו) consecutive carries the same force as the sequence of jussives before it.

⁵ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Joseph) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁶ tn Heb “all the food.”

⁷ tn Heb “of the seven years which were in the land of Egypt and placed food in the cities.”