Genesis 41:34 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

³⁴ Let Pharaoh proceed to appoint overseers over the land, and take the fifth part of the produce of the land of Egypt during the seven plenteous years.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁴ Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint officers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁴ Let Pharaoh do this; then let him select and appoint officers over the land, and take one-fifth [of the produce] of the [whole] land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years [year by year].

American Standard Version (1901)

³⁴ Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint overseers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years.

Common English Bible

³⁴ Then Pharaoh should appoint administrators over the land and take one-fifth of all the produce of the land of Egypt during the seven years of abundance.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁴ so that he may appoint overseers throughout all the regions. And let a fifth part of the fruits, throughout the seven fertile years

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³⁴ That he may appoint overseers over all the countries; and gather into barns the fifth part of the fruits, during the seven fruitful years,

Genesis 41:34 Cross References

Genesis 41:33

Now therefore let Pharaoh select a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt.

Genesis 41:35

And let them gather all the food of these good years that are coming, and lay up grain under the authority of Pharaoh for food in the cities, and let them keep it.

Genesis 47:24

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.”

Genesis 47:26

So Joseph made it a statute concerning the land of Egypt, and it stands to this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth; the land of the priests alone did not become Pharaoh's.

2 Chronicles 34:12

And the men did the work faithfully. Over them were set Jahath and Obadiah the Levites, of the sons of Merari, and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to have oversight. The Levites, all who were skilful with instruments of music,

Nehemiah 11:9

Joel the son of Zichri was their overseer; and Judah the son of Hassenuah was second over the city.

Job 5:20

In famine he will redeem you from death, and in war from the power of the sword.

Psalm 33:19

that he may deliver their soul from death, and keep them alive in famine.

Proverbs 22:3

A prudent man sees danger and hides himself; but the simple go on, and suffer for it.

Proverbs 27:12

A prudent man sees danger and hides himself; but the simple go on, and suffer for it.

Numbers 31:14

And Moses was angry with the officers of the army, the commanders of thousands and the commanders of hundreds, who had come from service in the war.

Luke 16:5

So, summoning his master's debtors one by one, he said to the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?’