Genesis 47:16

And Joseph said, Give your cattle, and I will give you for your cattle, if [your] money be all gone.

Darby Translation

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 money came to an end in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came to Joseph, saying, Give us bread! for why should we die before thee? for [our] money is all gone.

17And they brought their cattle to Joseph; and Joseph gave them bread for horses, and for flocks of sheep, and for herds of cattle, and for asses; and he fed them with bread for all their cattle that year.

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Cross References

Proverbs 12:17He that uttereth truth sheweth forth righteousness; but a false witness deceit.

1 Corinthians 10:32Give no occasion to stumbling, whether to Jews, or Greeks, or the assembly of God.

Colossians 4:5Walk in wisdom towards those without, redeeming opportunities.

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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