Genesis 47:16

And Joseph said, Give your cattle, and I will give you for your cattle, if money fails.

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In The King James Version

And Joseph said, Give your cattle; and I will give you for your cattle, if money fail.

In Context

15And when the money was all spent in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came to Joseph, and said, Give us bread, for why should we die in thy presence? For [our] money fails.

17And they brought their cattle to Joseph. And Joseph gave them bread in exchange for the horses, and for the flocks, and for the herds, and for the donkeys. And he fed them with bread in exchange for all their cattle for that year.

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Cross References

Proverbs 12:17He who utters truth shows forth righteousness, but a FALSE witness, deceit.

1 Corinthians 10:32Become ye inoffensive both to Jews and to Greeks, and to the church of God,

Colossians 4:5Walk in wisdom toward those outside, redeeming the time,

Matthew Henry on Genesis 47:14-27

Distressed Occasioned by the Famine. ( b. c. 1706.) 13 And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very sore, so that the land of Egypt and all the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine. 14 And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the corn which they bought: and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh's house. 15 And when money failed in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto Joseph, and said,… Read the whole commentary →

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