Genesis 47:23

And Joseph said to all the Egyptians, Behold, I have bought you and your land this day for Pharaoh; take seed for you, and sow the land.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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

22except only the land of the priests; Joseph bought not this, for Pharaoh gave a portion in the way of gift to the priests; and they ate their portion which Pharaoh gave them; therefore they sold not their land.

24And there shall be the fruits of it; and ye shall give the fifth part to Pharaoh, and the four remaining parts shall be for yourselves, for seed for the earth, and for food for you, and all that are in your houses.

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Cross References

Genesis 45:6For this second year there is famine on the earth, and there are yet five years remaining, in which there is to be neither plowing, nor mowing.

Proverbs 11:26May he that hoards corn leave it to the nation: 1 But blessing be on the head of him that gives it. 1

Proverbs 13:23The righteous shall spend many years in wealth: 1 But the unrighteous shall perish suddenly. 1

Isaiah 28:24Will the plowman plow all the day? or will he prepare the seed beforehand, before he tills the ground?

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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