Genesis 41:48
Good News Translation
all of which Joseph collected and stored in the cities. In each city he stored the food from the fields around it.

New Revised Standard Version
He gathered up all the food of the seven years when there was plenty in the land of Egypt, and stored up food in the cities; he stored up in every city the food from the fields around it.

Contemporary English Version
Joseph collected and stored up the extra grain in the cities of Egypt near the fields where it was harvested.

New American Bible
he collected all the food of these years of plenty that the land of Egypt was enjoying and stored it in the cities, placing in each city the crops of the fields around it.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And all the abundance of grain was laid up in every city.

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And all the abundance of grain was laid up in every city.

Genesis 41:34-36 That he may appoint overseers over all the countries: and gather into barns the fifth part of the fruits, during the seven fruitful years, . . .

Genesis 47:21 And all its people from one end of the borders of Egypt, even to the other end thereof,

Context
The Seven Years of Plenty
47And the fruitfulness of the seven years came: and the corn being bound up into sheaves, was gathered together into the barns of Egypt. 48And all the abundance of grain was laid up in every city.49And there was so great abundance of wheat, that it was equal to the sand of the sea, and the plenty exceeded measure.…
Cross References
Genesis 41:35
That shall now presently ensue: and let all the corn be laid up, under Pharao's hands, and be reserved in the cities.

Genesis 41:47
And the fruitfulness of the seven years came: and the corn being bound up into sheaves, was gathered together into the barns of Egypt.

Genesis 41:49
And there was so great abundance of wheat, that it was equal to the sand of the sea, and the plenty exceeded measure.

Genesis 41:47
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