Genesis 47:16

Then Joseph said, “Give your cattle; and I will give you for your cattle, if money has failed.”

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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 the money was all spent in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came to Joseph, and said, “Give us bread: for why should we die before your eyes because our money fails?”

17So they brought their cattle to Joseph, and Joseph gave them bread in exchange for the horses, the flocks of sheep, and herds of cattle, and the donkeys. That year he sustained them with bread in exchange for all their cattle.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 10:32Do not cause offense either to Jews or Greeks or to the church of God;

Colossians 4:5Show tact in your behavior to the outside world, making the most of every opportunity.

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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