Genesis 41:36
36 This food should be held in reserve for the country, to be used during the seven years of famine that will come upon Egypt,w so that the country may not be ruined by the famine.”
Genesis 41:36 — English Standard Version (ESV)
36 That food shall be a reserve for the land against the seven years of famine that are to occur in the land of Egypt, so that the land may not perish through the famine.”
Genesis 41:36 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
36 And that food shall be for store to the land against the seven years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; that the land perish not through the famine.
Genesis 41:36 — New Living Translation (NLT)
36 That way there will be enough to eat when the seven years of famine come to the land of Egypt. Otherwise this famine will destroy the land.”
Genesis 41:36 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
36 Then that food shall be as a reserve for the land for the seven years of famine which shall be in the land of Egypt, that the land may not perish during the famine.”
Genesis 41:36 — New Century Version (NCV)
36 That food should be saved to use during the seven years of hunger that will come on the land of Egypt. Then the people in Egypt will not die during the seven years of hunger.”
Genesis 41:36 — American Standard Version (ASV)
36 And the food shall be for a store to the land against the seven years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; that the land perish not through the famine.
Genesis 41:36 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
36 And let the food be as store for the land for the seven years of famine, which will be in the land of Egypt, that the land perish not through the famine.
Genesis 41:36 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
36 This food will be a reserve supply for our country during the seven years of famine that will happen in Egypt. Then the land will not be ruined by the famine.”
Genesis 41:36 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
36 The food will be a reserve for the land during the seven years of famine that will take place in the land of Egypt. Then the country will not be wiped out by the famine.”
Genesis 41:36 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
36 That food shall be a reserve for the land against the seven years of famine that are to befall the land of Egypt, so that the land may not perish through the famine.”
Genesis 41:36 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
36 Then the food shall be as a deposit for the land for the seven years of the famine that will be in the land of Egypt, that the land will not perish on account of the famine.”
Genesis 41:36 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
36 “The grain should be stored up for the country to use later. It will be needed during the seven years when there isn’t enough food in Egypt. Then the country won’t be destroyed just because it doesn’t have enough food.”
Genesis 41:36 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
36 “Let the food become as a reserve for the land for the seven years of famine which will occur in the land of Egypt, so that the land will not perish during the famine.”