Genesis 41:47-48 - Exposition

And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls ( i.e. abundantly). And he (Joseph, through his subordinates) gathered up all the food ( i.e. all the portions levied) of the seven years, which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities :—men bringing corn into granaries appear upon the monuments at Beni-hassan— the food of the field, which was round about every city (literally, the food of the field of the city, which was in its environs ) , laid he up in the same (literally, in the midst of it ).