Genesis 47:16

And he answered them: Bring your cattle, and for them I will give you food, if you have no money.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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 the buyers wanted money, all Egypt came to Joseph, saying: Give us bread: why should we die in thy presence, having now net money.

17And when they had brought them, he gave them food in exchange for their horses, and sheep, and oxen, end asses and he maintained them that year for the exchange of their cattle.

Read all of Genesis 47

Cross References

Proverbs 12:17He that speaketh that which he knoweth, sheweth forth justice: but he that lieth, is a deceitful witness.

1 Corinthians 10:32Be without offence to the Jews, and to the Gentiles, and to the church of God:

Colossians 4:5Walk with wisdom towards them that are without, redeeming 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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Genesis 47:16