Genesis 47:21

from the last terms of Egypt till to the last ends thereof,

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In The King James Version

And as for the people, he removed them to cities from one end of the borders of Egypt even to the other end thereof.

In Context

20Therefore Joseph bought all the land of Egypt, while all men sold (him) their possessions, for the greatness of hunger (or for the greatness of the famine); and (so) he made it and all the peoples thereof subject to Pharaoh,

22except the land of priests, that was given of the king to them, to which priests also meats were given of the common barns, and therefore they were not compelled to sell their possessions. (except for the priests’ land, which the king gave them, and to whom food was also given out of the common barns, and so they were not compelled to sell their land.)

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Cross References

Genesis 41:48and (they) were gathered into the barns of Egypt, also all the abundance of ripe corns was kept in all cities (or and all the abundance of the harvest was kept in all the cities),

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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