Genesis 47:15
And when the buyers wanted money, all Egypt came to Joseph, saying: Give us bread: why should we die in thy presence, having now net money.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
16And he answered them: Bring your cattle, and for them I will give you food, if you have no money.
Cross References
Genesis 41:36That shall now presently ensue: and let all the corn be laid up under Pharao's hands and be reserved in the cities.
Genesis 47:24That you may have corn. The fifth part you shall give to the king: the other four you shall have for seed, and for food for your families and children.
Judges 8:8And going up from thence, he came to Phanuel: and he spoke the like things to the men of that place. And they also answered him, as the men of Soccoth had answered.
1 Samuel 25:8Ask thy servants, and they will tell thee. Now therefore let thy servants find favour in thy eyes: for we are come in a good day, whatsoever thy hand shall find give to thy servants, and to thy son David.
Isaiah 33:16He shall dwell on high, the fortifications of rocks shall be his highness: bread is given him, his waters are sure.
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 →