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Gen_41:35 And let them gather all the food of those good years that come, and lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh, and let them keep food in the cities.
Ver. 35. And let them gather all the food.] This text warranteth providence in laying up for a rainy day. Solomon sends us to school to the ant to learn this lesson. {Pro_6:6} And it is well observed, that our Saviour had a purse for common store for himself and those about him. Neither was this a penny pouch, but a bag so big as needed a bearer. God would have us to be good husbands, and see that Condus be fortior promo, our comings in more than our layings out. "Parents" must "lay up for their children," {2Co_12:14} yea, "leave inheritance to children’s children," {Pro_13:22} playing the good husbands abroad and at home. {Pro_27:26-27}