Genesis 47:16

And Yosef said, Give your mikneh; and I will give you for your mikneh, if kesef is gone.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And Joseph said, Give your cattle; and I will give you for your cattle, if money fail.

In Context

15And 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.

17And they brought their mikneh unto Yosef; and Yosef gave them lechem in exchange for susim, and for the tzon, and for the mikneh of the bakar, and for the chamorim; and he fed them lechem for all their mikneh for that year.

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Cross References

Proverbs 12:17He that speaketh emunah declareth tzedek, 1 but an ed shekarim, mirmah. 1

1 Corinthians 10:32Be without michshol both to Yehudim and to Yevanim and to the Kehillah of Hashem,

Colossians 4:5Walk in chochmah toward outsiders, redeeming the time.

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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