Verse 22
Genesis 47:22
World English Bible, British Edition
22
Only he didn’t buy the land of the priests, for the priests had a portion
from Pharaoh, and ate their portion which Pharaoh gave them. That is why they didn’t sell their land.
Original Language Text
hebrew
רַ֛ק אַדְמַ֥ת הַ/כֹּהֲנִ֖ים לֹ֣א קָנָ֑ה כִּי֩ חֹ֨ק לַ/כֹּהֲנִ֜ים מֵ/אֵ֣ת פַּרְעֹ֗ה וְ/אָֽכְל֤וּ אֶת חֻקָּ/ם֙ אֲשֶׁ֨ר נָתַ֤ן לָ/הֶם֙ פַּרְעֹ֔ה עַל כֵּ֕ן לֹ֥א מָכְר֖וּ אֶת אַדְמָתָֽ/ם
English Translation
Only the land of the priests did not buy, for it was a statute for the priests from Pharaoh, and they ate their statutory rights that Pharaoh had given them; therefore they did not sell their land.
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Chapter 47 Context
1
Then Joseph went in and told Pharaoh, and said, “My father and my brothers,
with their flocks, their...
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2
From amongst his brothers he took five men, and presented them to Pharaoh.
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3
Pharaoh said to his brothers, “What is your occupation?”
They said to Pharaoh, “Your servants are sh...
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4
They also said to Pharaoh, “We have come to live as foreigners in the
land, for there is no pasture...
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5
Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, saying, “Your father and your brothers
have come to you.
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6
The land of Egypt is before you. Make your father and your brothers dwell
in the best of the land. L...
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7
Joseph brought in Jacob, his father, and set him before Pharaoh;
and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
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8
Pharaoh said to Jacob, “How old are you?”
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9
Jacob said to Pharaoh, “The years of my pilgrimage are one hundred and thirty
years. The days of the...
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10
Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from the presence of Pharaoh.
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11
Joseph placed his father and his brothers, and gave them a possession
in the land of Egypt, in the b...
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12
Joseph provided his father, his brothers, and all of his father’s household
with bread, according to...
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13
There was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very
severe, so that the land of Egypt and th...
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14
Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt,
and in the land of Canaan, for...
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15
When the money was all spent in the land of Egypt, and in the land
of Canaan, all the Egyptians came...
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16
Joseph said, “Give me your livestock; and I will give you food
for your livestock, if your money is...
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17
They brought their livestock to Joseph, and Joseph gave them
bread in exchange for the horses, and f...
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18
When that year was ended, they came to him the second year, and said
to him, “We will not hide from...
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19
Why should we die before your eyes, both we and our land? Buy us and
our land for bread, and we and...
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20
So Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh, for every
man of the Egyptians sold his field, b...
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21
As for the people, he moved them to the cities from one end of the
border of Egypt even to the other...
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22
Only he didn’t buy the land of the priests, for the priests had a portion
from Pharaoh, and ate thei...
23
Then Joseph said to the people, “Behold, I have bought you and your
land today for Pharaoh. Behold,...
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24
It will happen at the harvests, that you shall give a fifth to Pharaoh,
and four parts will be your...
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25
They said, “You have saved our lives! Let us find favour in
the sight of my lord, and we will be Pha...
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26
Joseph made it a statute concerning the land of Egypt to this
day, that Pharaoh should have the fift...
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27
Israel lived in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen; and
they got themselves possessions therei...
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28
Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years. So the days of Jacob,
the years of his life, were...
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29
The time came near that Israel must die, and he called his son Joseph,
and said to him, “If now I ha...
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30
but when I sleep with my fathers, you shall carry me out of Egypt,
and bury me in their burying plac...
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31
Israel said, “Swear to me,” and he swore to him. Then Israel
bowed himself on the bed’s head.
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