Genesis 47:23

Lighthouse Bible 2006

Then Joseph said to the people, Behold, I have bought you this day and your land for Pharaoh: lo, here is seed for you, and you shall sow the land.

Cross References

Genesis 41:27

And the seven thin and ill-favored cows that came up after them are seven years; and the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind shall be seven years of famine.

Genesis 45:6

For these two years has the famine been in the land: and yet there are five years, in which there shall neither be plowing nor harvest.

Genesis 47:22

Only the land of the priests he did not buy; for the priests had a portion assigned them by Pharaoh, and did eat their portion which Pharaoh gave them: therefore they did not sell their lands.

Genesis 47:24

And it shall come to pass in the increase, that you shall give the fifth part to Pharaoh, and four parts shall be your own, for seed of the field, and for your food, and for those of your households, and for food for your little ones.

Psalm 112:5

A good man shows favor, and lends: he will guide his affairs with discretion.

Psalm 41:1

​Blessed is he that considers the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.

Proverbs 11:26

He that withholds grain, the people shall curse him: but blessing shall be upon the head of him that sells it.

Proverbs 12:11

He who tills his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he who follows vain persons lacks understanding.

Proverbs 13:23

Much food is in the cultivated land of the poor: but there are those who are destroyed for lack of judgment.

Ecclesiastes 11:6

In the morning sow your seed, and in the evening withhold not your hand: for you know not which shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.

Isaiah 55:10

For as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven, and does not return there, but waters the earth, and makes it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:

Matthew 24:45

Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord has made ruler over his household, to give them food at the proper time?

2 Corinthians 9:10

Now may he who ministers seed to the sower both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;)