Genesis 47:21

Bible in Basic English 1965

And as for the people, he made servants of them, town by town, from one end of Egypt to the other.

Cross References

Genesis 41:48

And Joseph got together all the food of those seven years, and made a store of food in the towns: the produce of the fields round every town was stored up in the town.

Genesis 47:20

So Joseph got all the land in Egypt for Pharaoh; for every Egyptian gave up his land in exchange for food, because of their great need; so all the land became Pharaoh's.

Genesis 47:22

Only he did not take the land of the priests, for the priests had their food given them by Pharaoh, and having what Pharaoh gave them, they had no need to give up their land.