Genesis 47:15
And when kesef failed in Eretz Mitzrayim, and in Eretz Kena'an, kol Mitzrayim came unto Yosef, and said, Give us lechem; for why should we die in thy presence? For the kesef is gone.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
16And Yosef said, Give your mikneh; and I will give you for your mikneh, if kesef is gone.
Cross References
Genesis 41:36And that ochel shall be for reserves for the land against the sheva shnei hara'av, which shall be in Eretz Mitzrayim; that the land perish not through the ra'av.
Genesis 47:24And it shall come to pass in the tevu'ot, that ye shall give the fifth part unto Pharaoh, and four parts shall be your own, for zera of the sadeh, and for your ochel, and for them of your batim, and for food for your children.
Judges 8:8And he went up from there to Penuel, + 8:8 Peniel and spoke unto them likewise; and the Anshei Penuel + 8:8 Peniel answered him as the men of Sukkot had answered him.
1 Samuel 25:8Ask thy ne'arim, and they will show thee. Wherefore let the ne'arim find chen (favor, grace) in thine eyes; for we come on yom tov; give, now, whatsoever cometh to thine yad unto thy avadim, and to thy ben, Dovid.
Isaiah 33:16He shall dwell on high; 1 his metzadot shall be the rocky fortress; 1 his lechem shall be given him; his mayim shall be unfailing. 1
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 →