Genesis 47:16

Then saide Ioseph, Bring your cattell, and I will giue you for your cattell, if your money be spent.

Geneva Bible 1599

In The King James Version

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

In Context

15So when money fayled in the lande of Egypt, and in the lande of Canaan, then all the Egyptians came vnto Ioseph, and sayde, Giue vs bread: for why should we dye before thee? for our money is spent.

17So they brought their cattell vnto Ioseph, and Ioseph gaue them bread for the horses, and for the flockes of sheepe, and for the heards of cattel, and for the asses: so he fed them with bread for all their cattell that yeere.

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Cross References

Proverbs 12:17He that speaketh trueth, will shewe righteousnes: but a false witnes vseth deceite.

1 Corinthians 10:32Giue none offence, neither to the Iewes, nor to the Grecians, nor to the Church of God:

Colossians 4:5Walke wisely towarde them that are without, and redeeme the season.

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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