Genesis 47:16

Joseph said, “If your money is gone, bring your livestock and I will give you food in exchange for your livestock.”

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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 all the money of the lands of Egypt and Canaan was spent, all the Egyptians came to Joseph saying, “Give us food! Why should we die in your presence because our money is gone?”

17So they brought their livestock to Joseph. Joseph gave them food in exchange for the horses, for the flocks, for the herds, and for the donkeys. He fed them with bread in exchange for all their livestock that year.

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Cross References

Proverbs 12:17The one who speaks the truth says what is right, 1 but a false witness tells lies. 1

1 Corinthians 10:32Give no offense to Jews or to Greeks, or to the church of God.

Colossians 4:5Walk in wisdom toward those outside, and redeem 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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