And he gathered all the food of the seven years which were in the land of Egypt, and he put food in the cities, the food of the field which is around each city he put into the middle of it.
And Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh, because each man in Egypt sold his field, because this famine was severe on them; and the land became Pharaoh’s.
Only he did not buy the land of the priests; for Pharaoh had appointed a portion for the priests, and they usually ate their appointed portion which Pharaoh gave to them. For this reason they did not sell their land.