genesis 41:47 and in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls

Genesis 41:47 [study!]

American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls.
King James Version (KJV 1769)
— And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls.
New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995)
— During the seven years of plenty the land brought forth abundantly.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfulls.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— And in the seven years of plenty the land brought forth by handfuls.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— And the land produced, in the seven years of plenty, by handfuls.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— and the land maketh in the seven years of plenty by handfuls.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— And the fruitfulness of the seven years came: and the corn being bound up into sheaves, was gathered together into the barns of Egypt.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— And in the seuen plenteous yeres the earth brought forth by handfuls.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— And the land produced, in the seven years of plenty, [whole] handfuls [of corn].
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls.

And in the seven 7651

{7651} Prime
שֶׁבַע
sheba`
{sheh'-bah}

From H7650; a primitive cardinal number; seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication a week; by extension an indefinite number.

plenteous 7647

{7647} Prime
שָׂבָע
saba`
{saw-baw'}

From H7646; copiousness.

years 8141

{8141} Prime
שָׁנֵה
shaneh
{shaw-neh'}

(The first form being in plural only, the second form being feminine); from H8138; a year (as a revolution of time).

the earth 776

{0776} Prime
אֶרֶץ
'erets
{eh'-rets}

From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land).

brought forth 6213

{6213} Prime
עָשָׂה
`asah
{aw-saw'}

A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.

z8799

<8799> Grammar

Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 19885

by handfuls. 7062

{7062} Prime
קֹמֶץ
qomets
{ko'-mets}

From H7061; a grasp, that is, handful.

Genesis 41:47

_ _ the earth brought forth by handfuls — a singular expression, alluding not only to the luxuriance of the crop, but the practice of the reapers grasping the ears, which alone were cut.

See commentary on Genesis 41:46-57.

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From am 2289, bc 1715, to am 2296, bc 1708, handfuls.

Genesis 26:12 Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him.

Psalms 72:16 There 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.

Gn 26:12. Ps 72:16.

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