Genesis 47:24 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

²⁴ 5 And they answered: Our life is in thy hand: only let my lord look favourably upon us, and we will gladly serve the king.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁴ And it shall come to pass in the increase, that ye shall give the fifth part unto Pharaoh, and four parts shall be your own, for seed of the field, and for your food, and for them of your households, and for food for your little ones.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁴ At [harvest time when you reap] the increase, you shall give one-fifth of it to Pharaoh, and four-fifths shall be your own to use for seed for the field and as food for you and those of your households and for your little ones.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁴ And it shall come to pass at the ingatherings, that ye shall give a fifth unto Pharaoh, and four parts shall be your own, for seed of the field, and for your food, and for them of your households, and for food for your little ones.

Common English Bible

²⁴ When the crop comes in, you must give one-fifth to Pharaoh. You may keep four-fifths for yourselves, for planting fields, and for feeding yourselves, those in your households, and your children.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁴ so that you may be able to have grain. One fifth part you will give to the king; the remaining four I permit to you, as seed and as food for your families and children.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁴ That you may have corn. The fifth part you shall give to the king: the other four you shall have for seed, and for food for your families and children.

Genesis 47:24 Cross References

Genesis 14:20

0 And blessed be the most high God, by whose protection the enemies are in thy hands. And he gace him the tithes of all.

Genesis 14:21

1 And the king of Sodom said to Abram: Give me the persons, and the rest take to thyself.

Genesis 28:22

Then Jacob went on in his journey, and came into the east country.

Genesis 41:34

5 That shall now presently ensue: and let all the corn be laid up under Pharao's hands and be reserved in the cities.

Genesis 47:23

4 That you may have corn. The fifth part you shall give to the king: the other four you shall have for seed, and for food for your families and children.

Genesis 47:25

6 From that time unto this day, in the whole land of Egypt, the fifth part is paid to the king, and it is become as a law, except the land of the priests, which was free from this covenant.

Psalm 112:5

Blessed be the name of the Lord, from henceforth now and for ever.

Psalm 41:1

They determined against me an unjust word : shall he that sleepeth rise again no more?

Leviticus 27:30

And the Lord spoke to Moses in the desert of Sinai in the tabernacle of the covenant, the first day of the second month, the second year of their going out of Egypt, saying:

Leviticus 27:32

From twenty years old and upwards, of all the men of Israel fit for war, and you shall number them by their troops, thou and Aaron.

Numbers 18:21

6 Command the Levites, and declare unto them: When you shall receive of the children of Israel the tithes, which I have given you, offer the firstfruits of them to the Lord, that is to say, the tenth part of the tenth:

Deuteronomy 14:22

7 And the Levite that is within thy gates, beware thou forsake him not, because he hath no other part in thy possession.

Deuteronomy 26:12

7 Thou hast chosen the Lord this day to be thy God, and to walk in his ways and keep his ceremonies, and precepts, end judgments, and obey his command.