Genesis 47:16

Then sayde Ioseph, Bryng your cattell: and I wyll geue you for your cattell yf money fayle.

Bible (Bishops')

In The King James Version

And Joseph said, Give your cattle; and I will give you for your cattle, if money fail.

In Context

15When money fayled in the lande of Egypt and of Chanaan, all the Egyptians came vnto Ioseph, and saide, Geue vs bread: wherefore suffrest thou vs to dye before thee whe our money is spent?

17And they brought their cattell vnto Ioseph: and Ioseph gaue them bread for horses and sheepe, and oxen, & asses, and fedde them with bread for all their cattell that yere.

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Cross References

Proverbs 12:17A iust man wyll tell the trueth and shewe the thyng that is ryght: but a false witnesse deceaueth.

Colossians 4:5Walke in wisdome towarde the that are without, redeemyng the tyme.

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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