Genesis 47:25

Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition

“Sir, you have saved our lives!” they answered. “We are glad to be slaves of the king.”

Cross References

Genesis 33:15

Esau replied, “Let me leave some of my men with you.” “You don't have to do that,” Jacob answered. “I am happy, simply knowing that you are friendly to me.”

Ruth 2:13

Ruth replied, “Sir, it's good of you to speak kindly to me and make me feel so welcome. I'm not even one of your servants.”

Genesis 50:20

You tried to harm me, but God made it turn out for the best, so that he could save all these people, as he is now doing.

Genesis 41:45

He gave Joseph the Egyptian name Zaphenath Paneah. And he let him marry Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, a priest in the city of Heliopolis. Joseph traveled all over Egypt.

Genesis 18:3

and said, “Please come to my home where I can serve you.

Genesis 6:19

Take into the boat with you a male and a female of every kind of animal and bird, as well as a male and a female of every reptile. I don't want them to be destroyed.

Genesis 47:24

but one fifth of your crops must go to the king. You can keep the rest as seed or as food for your families.”

Genesis 47:26

Then Joseph made a law that one fifth of the harvest would always belong to the king. Only the priests did not lose their land.

Genesis 32:6

When the messengers returned, they told Jacob, “We went to your brother Esau, and now he is heading this way with 400 men.”