Genesis 47:24

It will happen at the harvests, that you shall give a fifth to Pharaoh, and four parts will be your own, for seed of the field, for your food, for them of your households, and for food for your little ones.” (Maftir ·Conclusion·)

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In The King James Version

And it shall come to pass in the increase, that ye shall give the fifth part unto Pharaoh, and four parts shall be your own, for seed of the field, and for your food, and for them of your households, and for food for your little ones.

In Context

23Then Joseph [May he add] said to the people, “Behold, I have bought you and your land today for Pharaoh. Behold, here is seed for you, and you shall sow the land.

25They said, “You have saved our lives! Let us find chen ·grace· in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh’s servants.”

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Cross References

Genesis 14:20and blessed be El 'Elyon [God Most High], who has delivered your enemies into your hand.” Avram [Exalted father] gave him a tenth of all. + 14:20. (18-20) Quoted in Heb 7:1-2 (5)

Genesis 28:22then this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, will be God’s house. Of all that you will give me I will surely give a tenth to you.”

Genesis 47:25They said, “You have saved our lives! Let us find chen ·grace· in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh’s servants.”

Leviticus 27:32+ 27:32. Lev 27:32 (Lev 27:32-33) (#8.507): To set apart a tenth tithe from herd or flock (for the Levites) All the tithe of the herds or the flocks, whatever passes under the rod, the tenth shall be holy to Adonai.

Deuteronomy 14:22+ 14:22. Deut 14:22 (Deut 14:22-23, 14:24-26, 14:27-29) (#8.515): T. To tithe the entire crop of your planting, the produce of your field, year by year / R. To set apart the ma'aser sheni ·second tithe· in the first, second, fourth and fifth years of the sabbatical cycle to be eaten by its owner in Jerusalem / R. To set aside the ma'aser sheni ·second tithe· T. Directive: You are to eat this in the presence of Adonai your God You shall surely tithe all the increase of your seed, that which comes out of the field year by year.

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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