Genesis 47:24
At the harvest, you must give a fifth to Pharaoh, and four parts will be your own, for seed of the field and for food for your households and your children.”
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Genesis 14:20Blessed be God Most High, who has given your enemies into your hand.” Then Abram gave him a tenth of everything.
Genesis 28:22Then this stone that I have set up as a pillar will be a sacred stone. From everything that you give me, I will surely give a tenth back to you.”
Genesis 47:25They said, “You have saved our lives. May we find favor in your eyes. We will be Pharaoh's servants.”
Leviticus 27:32As for every tenth of the herd or the flock, whatever passes under the shepherd's rod, one-tenth must be set apart to Yahweh.
Deuteronomy 14:22You must surely tithe all the yield of your seed, that which comes out from the field year after year.
1 Samuel 8:15He will take a tenth of your grain and of your vineyards and give to his officers and his servants.
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 →