Genesis 47:23 - The Scriptures 1998

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²³ 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

²³ 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)

²³ 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

²³ 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

²³ 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,

Genesis 47:23 Cross References

Genesis 41:27

“And the seven lean and ugly cows which came up after them are seven years, and the seven empty heads scorched by the east wind are seven years of scarcity of food.

Genesis 45:6

“For two years now the scarcity of food has been in the land, and there are still five years in which there is neither ploughing nor harvesting.

Genesis 47:22

Only the ground of the priests he did not buy, for the priests had portions allotted to them by Pharaoh, and they ate their portions which Pharaoh gave them. Therefore they did not sell their ground.

Genesis 47:24

“And it shall be that in the harvest you shall give one-fifth to Pharaoh. And four-fifths is your own, as seed for the field and for your food, for those of your households and as food for your little ones.”

Psalm 112:5

Good is a man showing favour and lending, He sustains his matters in right-ruling.

Psalm 41:1

Blessed is he who considers the poor; יהוה  does deliver him in a day of evil.

Proverbs 11:26

The people curse him who withholds grain, But blessing is on the head of him who sells it.

Proverbs 12:11

He who tills his land is satisfied with bread, But he who pursues vanities is lacking heart.

Proverbs 13:23

Much food is in the tillable ground of the poor, But lack of right-ruling sweeps it away.

Ecclesiastes 11:6

Sow your seed in the morning, and until evening do not let your hand rest; since you do not know which prosper, this or that, or whether both alike are good.

Isaiah 55:10

“For as the rain comes down, and the snow from the heavens, and do not return there, but water the earth, and make it bring forth and bud, and give seed to the sower and bread to the eater,

Matthew 24:45

“Who then is a trustworthy and wise servant, whom his master set over his household, to give them food in season?

2 Corinthians 9:10

And He who supplies seed to the sower, and bread for food, shall supply and increase the seed you have sown and increase the fruit of your righteousness,