Genesis 47:23

Legacy Standard Bible

Then Joseph said to the people, “Behold, I have today bought you and your land for Pharaoh; now, here is seed for you, and you may sow the land.

Cross References

Genesis 41:27

And the seven lean and ugly cows that came up after them are seven years, and the seven lean ears scorched by the east wind will be seven years of famine.

Genesis 45:6

For the famine has been in the land these two years, and there are still five years in which there will be neither plowing nor harvesting.

Genesis 47:22

Only the land of the priests he did not buy, for the priests had an allotment from Pharaoh, and they ate off the allotment which Pharaoh gave them. Therefore, they did not sell their land.

Genesis 47:24

And it will be, at the harvest you shall give a fifth to Pharaoh, and four-fifths shall be your own for seed of the field and for your food and for those of your households and as food for your little ones.”

Psalm 112:5

It is well with the man who is gracious and lends; Who sustains his works with justice.

Psalm 41:1

How blessed is he who considers the poor; Yahweh will provide him escape in a day of calamity.

Proverbs 11:26

He who withholds grain, the people will curse him, But blessing will be on the head of him who sells it.

Proverbs 12:11

He who cultivates his land will be satisfied with bread, But he who pursues empty things lacks a heart of wisdom.

Proverbs 13:23

Abundant food is in the fallow ground of the poor, But it is swept away by injustice.

Ecclesiastes 11:6

Sow your seed in the morning and do not put your hands down in the evening, for you do not know whether morning or evening sowing will succeed, or whether both of them alike will be good.

Isaiah 55:10

“For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven, And do not return there without watering the earth And making it bear and sprout, And giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater,

Matthew 24:45

“Who then is the faithful and prudent slave whom his master put in charge of his household to give them their food at the proper time?

2 Corinthians 9:10

Now He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed and increase the harvest of your righteousness;