Genesis 47
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Genesis 47:19-26

19Wherefore shall we dieH4191 before thine eyesH5869, both we and our landH127? buyH7069 us and our landH127 for breadH3899, and we and our landH127 will be servantsH5650 unto PharaohH6547: and giveH5414 us seedH2233, that we may liveH2421, and not dieH4191, that the landH127 be not desolateH3456.

20And JosephH3130 boughtH7069 all the landH127 of EgyptH4714 for PharaohH6547; for the EgyptiansH4714 soldH4376 every manH376 his fieldH7704, because the famineH7458 prevailedH2388 over them: so the landH776 became Pharaoh’sH6547.

21And as for the peopleH5971, he removedH5674 them to citiesH5892 from one endH7097 of the bordersH1366 of EgyptH4714 even to the other endH7097 thereof.

22Only the landH127 of the priestsH3548 bought heH7069 not; for the priestsH3548 had a portionH2706 assigned them of PharaohH6547, and did eatH398 their portionH2706 which PharaohH6547 gaveH5414 them: wherefore they soldH4376 not their landsH127.1

23Then JosephH3130 saidH559 unto the peopleH5971, Behold, I have boughtH853H7069 you this dayH3117 and your landH127 for PharaohH6547: loH1887, here is seedH2233 for you, and ye shall sowH2232 the landH127.

24And it shall come to pass in the increaseH8393, that ye shall giveH5414 the fifthH2549 part unto PharaohH6547, and fourH702 partsH3027 shall be your own, for seedH2233 of the fieldH7704, and for your foodH400, and for them of your householdsH1004, and for foodH398 for your little onesH2945.

25And they saidH559, Thou hast saved our livesH2421: let us findH4672 graceH2580 in the sightH5869 of my lordH113, and we will be Pharaoh’sH6547 servantsH5650.

26And JosephH3130 madeH7760 it a lawH2706 over the landH127 of EgyptH4714 unto this dayH3117, that PharaohH6547 should have the fifthH2569 part; exceptH7535 the landH127 of the priestsH3548 only, which became not Pharaoh’sH6547.2

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Notes

  1. 1. Genesis 47:22 priests: or, princes. ↩
  2. 2. Genesis 47:26 priests: or, princes. ↩

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