Verse 24
Genesis 47:24
World English Bible, British Edition
24
It will happen at the harvests, that you shall give a fifth to Pharaoh,
and four parts will be your own, for seed of the field, for your food, for them of your households, and
for food for your little ones.”
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/הָיָה֙ בַּ/תְּבוּאֹ֔ת וּ/נְתַתֶּ֥ם חֲמִישִׁ֖ית לְ/פַרְעֹ֑ה וְ/אַרְבַּ֣ע הַ/יָּדֹ֡ת יִהְיֶ֣ה לָ/כֶם֩ לְ/זֶ֨רַע הַ/שָּׂדֶ֧ה וּֽ/לְ/אָכְלְ/כֶ֛ם וְ/לַ/אֲשֶׁ֥ר בְּ/בָתֵּי/כֶ֖ם וְ/לֶ/אֱכֹ֥ל לְ/טַפְּ/כֶֽם
English Translation
And it shall be that in your coming you shall give a fifth to Pharaoh, and the four portions shall be for you as seed for the field and for your food and for what is in your houses and for eating for your little ones.
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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...
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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...
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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