Genesis 47:21 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

²¹ 2 Except the land of the priests, which had been given them by the king: to whom also a certain allowance of food was given out of the public stores, and therefore they were not forced to sell their possessions.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²¹ And as for the people, he removed them to cities from one end of the borders of Egypt even to the other end thereof.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²¹ And as for the people, he removed them to cities and practically made slaves of them [at their own request], from one end of the borders of Egypt to the other.

American Standard Version (1901)

²¹ And as for the people, he removed them to the cities from one end of the border of Egypt even to the other end thereof.

Common English Bible

²¹ He moved the people to the cities from one end of Egypt to the other.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²¹ along with all of its people, from the newest borders of Egypt, even to its furthest limits,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²¹ And all its people from one end of the borders of Egypt, even to the other end thereof,

Genesis 47:21 Cross References

Genesis 41:48

9 And there was so great abundance of wheat, that it was equal to the sand of the sea, and the plenty exceeded measure.

Genesis 47:20

1 And all its people from one end of the borders of Egypt, even to the other end thereof,

Genesis 47:22

3 Then Joseph said to the people : Be- hold as you see, both you and your lands belong to Pharao: take seed and sow the fields,