Genesis 47:24
And 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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Genesis 14:20and blessed be the most high God who delivered thine enemies into thy power. And Abram gave him the tithe of all.
Genesis 28:22And this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, shall be to me a house of God; and of all whatsoever thou shalt give me, I will tithe a tenth for thee.
Genesis 47:25And they said, Thou hast saved us; we have found favor before our lord, and we will be servants to Pharaoh.
Leviticus 27:32And every tithe of oxen, and of sheep, and whatsoever may come in numbering under the rod, the tenth shall be holy to the Lord.
Deuteronomy 14:22Thou shalt tithe a tenth of all the produce of thy seed, the fruit of thy field year by year.
1 Samuel 8:15And he will take the tithe of your seeds and your vineyards, and give it 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 →