Genesis 47:16

Joseph said, “Give me your livestock; and I will give you food for your livestock, if your money is gone.”

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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 the money was all spent in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came to Joseph, and said, “Give us bread, for why should we die in your presence? For our money fails.”

17They brought their livestock to Joseph, and Joseph gave them bread in exchange for the horses, and for the flocks, and for the herds, and for the donkeys: and he fed them with bread in exchange for all their livestock for that year.

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Cross References

Proverbs 12:17He who is truthful testifies honestly, but a false witness lies.

1 Corinthians 10:32Give no occasion for stumbling, whether to Jews, to Greeks, or to the assembly of God;

Colossians 4:5Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, 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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