King James Version

Genesis 41:47

And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls.

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וַתַּ֣עַשׂvataasand doעָשָׂהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and do”, the next action in the storyH6213to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest applicationaccomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, [idiom] certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, [phrase] displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, f…הָאָ֔רֶץhaaretsthe earthאֶרֶץdefinite article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “the earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.בְּשֶׁ֖בַעbeshevain sevenשֶׁבַעpreposition, adjective, cardinal, feminine, singular, absolute — “in seven”, the ordinary formH7651seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number([phrase] by) seven(-fold),-s, (-teen, -teenth), -th, times). Compare H7658 (שִׁבְעָנָה).שְׁנֵ֣יsheneyearשָׁנֶהadjective, cardinal, masculine, dual, construct — “year”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8141a year (as a revolution of time)[phrase] whole age, [idiom] long, [phrase] old, year([idiom] -ly).הַשָּׂבָ֑עhasavathe abundanceשָׂבָעdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the abundance”, the ordinary formH7647copiousnessabundance, plenteous(-ness, -ly).לִקְמָצִֽיםliqmatsimto handfulקֹמֶץpreposition, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “to handful”, the ordinary formH7062a grasp, i.e. handfulhandful.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And in the seven years of plenty the earth brought forth in heaps.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls.

Young’s Literal Translation

and the land maketh in the seven years of plenty by handfuls.

World English Bible

In the seven plenteous years the earth produced abundantly.

Darby Translation

And in the seven years of plenty the land brought forth by handfuls.

Douay-Rheims

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

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And in the seven years of plenty the earth brought forth in heaps.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And the land produced, in the seven years of plenty, whole handfuls of corn .

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἐποίησεν ἡ γῆ ἐν τοῖς ἑπτὰ ἔτεσι τῆς εὐθηνίας δράγματα.