Genesis 47:18

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And they came the second year, and said to him: We will not hide from our lord, how that our money is spent, and our cattle also are gone. Neither art thou ignorant that we have nothing now left but our bodies and our lands.

Cross References

Jeremiah 38:9

My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done against Jeremias the prophet, casting him into the dungeon to die there with hunger, for there is no more bread in the city.

2 Kings 6:26

And as the king of Israel was passing by the wall, a certain woman cried out to him, saying: Save me, my lord O king.

Genesis 47:17

And when they had brought them, he gave them food in exchange for their horses, and sheep, and oxen, and asses: And he maintained them that year for the exchange of their cattle.

Genesis 47:19

Why therefore shall we die before thy eyes? We will be thine, both we and our lands. Buy us to be the king's servants, and give us seed, lest for want of tillers the land be turned into a wilderness.