Genesis 41:34 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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.

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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 look out 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 come, and lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh for food in the cities, and let them keep it.

Genesis 47:24

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.

Genesis 47:26

And Joseph made it a statute concerning the land of Egypt unto this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth; only the land of the priests alone became not Pharaoh's.

2 Chronicles 34:12

And the men did the work faithfully: and the overseers of them were Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari; and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to set it forward: and other of the Levites, all that could skill of instruments of music.

Nehemiah 11:9

And 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 shall redeem thee from death; And in war from the power of the sword.

Psalm 33:19

To deliver their soul from death, And to keep them alive in famine.

Proverbs 22:3

A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself: But the simple pass on, and suffer for it.

Proverbs 27:12

A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself: But the simple pass on, and suffer for it.

Numbers 31:14

And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host, the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds, which came from the service of the war.

Luke 16:5

And calling to him each one of his lord's debtors, he said to the first, How much owest thou unto my lord?