Genesis 47:20

Easy To Read Version

So Joseph bought all the land in Egypt for Pharaoh. All the people in Egypt sold Joseph their fields. They did this because they were very hungry.

Cross References

Genesis 47:19

Surely we will die while you are watching. But if you give us food, then we will give Pharaoh our land, and we will be his slaves. Give us seed so that we can plant. Then we will live and not die. And the land will grow food for us again.”

Genesis 47:21

And all the people became slaves of Pharaoh. Everywhere in Egypt, people were Pharaoh’s slaves.