Genesis 47:24
and it has come to pass in the increases, that you have given a fifth to Pharaoh, and four of the parts are for yourselves, for seed of the field, and for your food, and for those who [are] in your houses, and for food for your infants.”
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Genesis 14:20and blessed [is] God Most High, who has delivered your adversaries into your hand”; and he gives to him a tenth of all.
Genesis 28:22then this stone which I have made a standing pillar is a house of God, and all that You give to me—tithing I tithe to You.”
Genesis 47:25And they say, “You have revived us; we find grace in the eyes of my lord, and have been servants to Pharaoh”;
Leviticus 27:32And all the tithe of the herd and of the flock—all that passes by under the rod—the tenth is holy to YHWH;
Deuteronomy 14:22You certainly tithe all the increase of your seed which the field is bringing forth year by year;
1 Samuel 8:15And he tithes your seed and your vineyards, and has given to his eunuchs, and to his servants.
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 →