Genesis 41:48-4

(J, E). The seven Good Years

48. of the seven years Probably we should add here, with LXX and Sam., "of plenty," which seems to have dropped out of the Hebrew text.

laid up the food On the state granaries of Egypt and the duties of the official who supervised them, the student is referred to Erman's Life in Ancient Egypt(E.T.), p. 108. The chief "cities" of the districts, or νομοί, into which Egypt was divided, seem here to be referred to.