The seven lean and gaunt cows that came up after them are seven years, and the seven empty ears blighted by the east wind are also seven years of famine.
Genesis 47:23 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) Then Joseph said to the people, “Behold, I have this day bought you and your land for Pharaoh. Now here is seed for you, and you shall sow the land. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then Joseph said to the people, Behold, I have today bought you and your land for Pharaoh. Now here is seed for you, and you shall sow the land. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible Joseph said to the people, “Since I’ve now purchased you and your farmland for Pharaoh, here’s seed for you. Plant the seed on the land. Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, Joseph said to the people: "So, as you discern, both you and your lands are possessed by Pharaoh; take seed and sow the fields, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Then Joseph said to the people: Behold, as you see, both you and your lands belong to Pharao: Take seed and sow the fields, |
The seven lean and gaunt cows that came up after them are seven years, and the seven empty ears blighted by the east wind are also seven years of famine.
For the famine has been in the land these two years; and there are yet five years in which there will be neither plowing nor harvest.
Only the land of the priests he did not buy; for the priests had a fixed allowance from Pharaoh, and lived on the allowance which Pharaoh gave them; therefore they did not sell their land.
And at the harvests you shall give a fifth to Pharaoh, and four fifths shall be your own, as seed for the field and as food for yourselves and your households, and as food for your little ones.”
It is well with the man who deals generously and lends, who conducts his affairs with justice.
Blessed is he who considers the poor! The Lord delivers him in the day of trouble;
The people curse him who holds back grain, but a blessing is on the head of him who sells it.
He who tills his land will have plenty of bread, but he who follows worthless pursuits has no sense.
The fallow ground of the poor yields much food, but it is swept away through injustice.
In the morning sow your seed, and at evening withhold not your hand; for you do not know which will prosper, this or that, or whether both alike will be good.
“For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and return not thither but water the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater,
“Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his master has set over his household, to give them their food at the proper time?
He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your resources and increase the harvest of your righteousness.