Genesis 41:34

so that he may appoint overseers throughout all the regions. And let a fifth part of the fruits, throughout the seven fertile years

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In The King James Version

Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint officers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years.

In Context

33Now therefore, let the king provide a wise and industrious man, and place him over the land of Egypt,

35that now have already begun to occur, be gathered into storehouses. And let all the grain be stored away, under the power of Pharaoh, and let it be kept in the cities.

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Cross References

Genesis 47:24so that you may be able to have grain. One fifth part you will give to the king; the remaining four I permit to you, as seed and as food for your families and children.

Numbers 31:14And Moses, being angry with the leaders of the army, and the tribunes, and the centurions, who had arrived from the battle,

2 Chronicles 34:12And they did everything faithfully. Now the overseers of the workers were Jahath and Obadiah, from the sons of Merari, and Zechariah and Meshullam, from the sons of Kohath, who were supervising the work. All were Levites who knew how to play musical instruments.

Job 5:20During famine, he will rescue you from death, and during war, from the hand of the sword.

Proverbs 6:6Go to the ant, you lazy one, and consider her ways, and so learn wisdom.

Proverbs 27:12The discerning man, seeing evil, hides himself. The little ones, continuing on, sustain losses.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 41:34-46

Joseph's Exaltation. ( b. c. 1715.) 33 Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt. 34 Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint officers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years. 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. 36 And that food shall be for store to the land against the seven years of famine, which… Read the whole commentary →

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