let them gather all the food This is rhetorical, and need not be pressed as contradicting the exaction of the one-fifth in Genesis 41:34. But see Genesis 41:48.

lay up corn i.e. store up the grain in the keeping of the king's officers. The establishment of state granaries appears here for the first time in history.

under the hand of Pharaoh The king's authority is never to be relaxed. The measures proposed will enhance the monarchy.

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