Genesis 47:23

Then Joseph said to the people, I have made you and your land this day the property of Pharaoh; here is seed for you to put in your fields.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

Then Joseph said unto the people, Behold, I have bought you this day and your land for Pharaoh: lo, here is seed for you, and ye shall sow the land.

In Context

22Only he did not take the land of the priests, for the priests had their food given them by Pharaoh, and having what Pharaoh gave them, they had no need to give up their land.

24And when the grain is cut, you are to give a fifth part to Pharaoh, and four parts will be yours for seed and food, and for your families and your little ones.

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Cross References

Genesis 45:6For these two years have been years of need, and there are still five more years to come in which there will be no ploughing or cutting of grain.

Psalms 107:36And there he gives the poor a resting-place, so that they may make themselves a town;

Proverbs 11:26He who keeps back grain will be cursed by the people; but a blessing will be on the head of him who lets them have it for a price.

Proverbs 13:23There is much food in the ploughed land of the poor; but it is taken away by wrongdoing.

Isaiah 28:24Is the ploughman for ever ploughing? does he not get the earth ready and broken up for the seed?

Matthew 24:45Who is the true and wise servant, whom his lord has put over those in his house, to give them their food at the right 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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