Genesis 47:16

And Joseph said, Give me your cattle; I will give you grain in exchange for your cattle if your money is all gone.

Bible in Basic English

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 all the money in Egypt and Canaan was gone, the Egyptians came to Joseph, and said, Give us bread; would you have us come to destruction before your eyes? for we have no more money.

17So they took their cattle to Joseph and he gave them bread in exchange for their horses and flocks and herds and asses, so all that year he gave them food in exchange for their cattle.

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Cross References

Proverbs 12:17The breathing out of true words gives knowledge of righteousness; but a false witness gives out deceit.

1 Corinthians 10:32Give no cause of trouble to Jews, or to Greeks, or to the church of God.

Colossians 4:5Be wise in your behaviour to those who are outside, making good use of 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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