Genesis 41:34

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Let Pharaoh do this: let him appoint overseers over the land and take a fifth of the harvest of the land of Egypt during the seven years of abundance.

Cross References

Luke 16:5

‘So he summoned each one of his master’s debtors. “How much do you owe my master? ” he asked the first one.

Proverbs 27:12

A sensible person sees danger and takes cover; the inexperienced keep going and are punished.

Proverbs 22:3

A sensible person sees danger and takes cover, but the inexperienced keep going and are punished.

Job 5:20

In famine he will redeem you from death, and in battle, from the power of the sword.

Nehemiah 11:9

Joel son of Zichri was the officer over them, and Judah son of Hassenuah was second in command over the city.

2 Chronicles 34:12

The men were doing the work with integrity. Their overseers were Jahath and Obadiah, Levites from the Merarites, and Zechariah and Meshullam from the Kohathites as supervisors. The Levites were all skilled with musical instruments.

Numbers 31:14

But Moses became furious with the officers, the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds, who were returning from the military campaign.

Genesis 41:33

‘So now, let Pharaoh look for a discerning and wise man and set him over the land of Egypt.

Genesis 41:35

Let them gather all the excess food during these good years that are coming. Under Pharaoh’s authority, store the grain in the cities, so they may preserve it as food.

Genesis 47:24

At harvest, you are to give a fifth of it to Pharaoh,  and four-fifths will be yours as seed for the field and as food for yourselves, your households, and your dependents.’

Genesis 47:26

So Joseph made it a law, still in effect today in the land of Egypt, that a fifth of the produce belongs to Pharaoh. Only the priests’ land does not belong to Pharaoh.