Genesis 47:23

Translations

Modern

Then Joseph said to the people, “Now that I have acquired you and your land for Pharaoh this day, here is seed for you to sow in the land.

Traditional

Then Joseph said unto the people, Behold, I have bought you this day and your land for Pharaoh: lo, here is seed for you, and ye shall sow the land.

Literal

And Joseph said to the people, “Behold, I have bought you this day, and your land, for Pharaoh. Behold, seed for you, and you shall sow the land.

Latin

Dixit ergo Joseph ad populos: En ut cernitis, et vos et terram vestram Pharao possidet: accipite semina, et serite agros,

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Hebrew

English

Then Joseph said to the people, “Now that I have acquired you and your land for Pharaoh this day, here is seed for you to sow in the land.

Notes

Genesis 47:13–26

The Lord blessed Pharaoh because Pharaoh was blessing Abraham’s descendants (12:3). Through Joseph’s smart management in Egypt, the Lord saved the people from hunger and helped Pharaoh prosper. During the famine, Joseph sold food to the Egyptians, accepting money, livestock, and eventually land as payment. Then Pharaoh owned almost all of Egypt. Meanwhile, God gave Israel some of the best land in Egypt where they could live, work, and multiply.

Theme notes and profiles

Egypt Jacob Blessing Famine Symbolic Numbers

Related verses

Matthew 24:45
Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom the master has put in charge of his household, to give the others their food at the proper time?
Isaiah 55:10
For just as rain and snow fall from heaven and do not return without watering the earth, making it bud and sprout, and providing seed to sow and food to eat,
Isaiah 28:24–25
Does the plowman plow for planting every day? Does he continuously loosen and harrow the soil?
Proverbs 13:23
Abundant food is in the fallow ground of the poor, but without justice it is swept away.
Psalm 107:36–37
He causes the hungry to settle there, that they may establish a city in which to dwell.
Psalm 112:5
It is well with the man who is generous and lends freely, whose affairs are guided by justice.
Ecclesiastes 11:6
Sow your seed in the morning, and do not rest your hands in the evening, for you do not know which will succeed, whether this or that, or if both will equally prosper.
Proverbs 12:11
The one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases fantasies lacks judgment.
Genesis 41:27
Moreover, the seven thin, ugly cows that came up after them are seven years, and so are the seven worthless heads of grain scorched by the east wind—they are seven years of famine.
Psalm 41:1
For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. Blessed is the one who cares for the poor; the LORD will deliver him in the day of trouble.
Proverbs 11:26
The people will curse the hoarder of grain, but blessing will crown the one who sells it.
Genesis 45:6
For the famine has covered the land these two years, and there will be five more years without plowing or harvesting.

People

Joseph: Son of Jacob, ruler in Egypt Pharaoh: Egyptian ruler during Joseph's time

Glossary

Book of Exodus Egypt, Egyptian Famine Genesis, Book of Goshen Jacob Patriarchs, Period of the Tax, Taxation

Topics

Egypt: Israel in Joseph Enriches the King Egypt: The Country of: The King Acquires Title to Land of Extortion: Pharaoh in Exacting of the Egyptians Lands and Persons, for Corn (Grain) Joseph: Sells the Stores of Food to the People of Egypt Land: Monopoly of Monopoly by Pharaoh Statecraft: Joseph Usurpation: Usurpation of Executive Power in the Plan of Joseph to Dispossess the Egyptians of Their Real and Personal Property

Genesis 47:23

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