Genesis 47:17

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

From then on, they brought him their horses and donkeys and their sheep and goats in exchange for grain. Within a year Joseph had collected every animal in Egypt.

Cross References

Genesis 47:16

“If you don't have any money,” Joseph answered, “give me your animals, and I'll let you have some grain.”

Genesis 47:18

Then the people came to him and said: Sir, there's no way we can hide the truth from you. We are broke, and we don't have any more animals. We have nothing left except ourselves and our land.

1 Kings 10:28

Solomon's merchants bought his horses and chariots in the regions of Musri and Kue. They paid about six hundred pieces of silver for a chariot and a hundred and fifty pieces of silver for a horse. They also sold horses and chariots to the Hittite and Syrian kings.

Job 2:4

Satan answered, “There's no pain like your own. People will do anything to stay alive.

Exodus 9:3

he will bring a terrible disease on your horses and donkeys, your camels and cattle, and your sheep and goats.

Isaiah 31:1

You are in for trouble if you go to Egypt for help, or if you depend on an army of chariots or a powerful cavalry. Instead you should depend on and trust the holy LORD God of Israel.

Matthew 6:24

You cannot be the slave of two masters! You will like one more than the other or be more loyal to one than the other. You cannot serve both God and money.