Genesis 47:25

And they answered: Our life is in thy hand: only let my lord look favourably upon us, and we will gladly serve the king.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And they said, Thou hast saved our lives: let us find grace in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh’s servants.

In Context

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.

26From that time unto this day, in the whole land of Egypt, the fifth part is paid to the king, and it is become as a law, except the land of the priests, which was free from this covenant.

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Cross References

Genesis 18:3And he said: Lord, if I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away from thy servant:

Genesis 33:15Esau answered: I beseech thee, that some of the people at least, who are with me, may stay to accompany thee in the way. And he said: There is no necessity: I want nothing else but only to find favor, my lord, in thy sight.

Genesis 45:6For it is two years since the famine began to be upon the land, and five years more remain, wherein there can be neither ploughing nor reaping.

Ruth 2:13And she said: I have found grace in thy eyes, my lord, who hast comforted me and hast spoken to the heart of thy handmaid, who am not like to one of thy maids.

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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