Genesis 47:23

Therfor Joseph seide to the puplis, Lo! as ye seen, Farao weldith bothe you and youre lond; take ye seedis, and `sowe ye feeldis,

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In The King James Version

Then Joseph said unto the people, Behold, I have bought you this day and your land for Pharaoh: lo, here is seed for you, and ye shall sow the land.

In Context

22outakun the lond of preestis, that was youun of the kyng to hem, to whiche preestis also metis weren youun of the comun bernys, and therfor thei weren not compellid to sille her possessiouns.

24that ye moun haue fruytis; ye schulen yyue the fifthe part to the kyng; Y suffre to you the foure residue partis in to seed and in to meetis, to you, and to youre fre children.

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Cross References

Genesis 45:6For it is twei yeer that hungur bigan `to be in the lond, yit fyue yeer suen, in whiche me schal not mow ere, nether repe;

Proverbs 11:26He that hidith wheete `in tyme, schal be cursid among the puplis; but blessyng schal come on the heed of silleris.

Proverbs 13:23Many meetis ben in the new tilid feeldis of fadris; and ben gaderid to othere men with out doom.

Isaiah 28:24Whether he that erith, schal ere al dai, for to sowe, and schal be kerue, and purge his londe?

Matthew 24:45Who gessist thou is a trewe seruaunt and prudent, whom his lord ordeyned on his meynee, to yyue hem mete in tyme?

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