So Josephboughtallthe landof Egyptfor Pharaoh,for everyEgyptiansoldhis field,becausethe faminewas severeupon them. Thus the landbecamePharaoh's.
"Whyshould we diebefore your eyes,bothwe and our land?Buyus and our landfor food,and we and our landwill be slavesto Pharaoh.So giveus seed,that we may liveand not die,and that the landmay not be desolate."
As for the people,he removedthem to the citiesfrom one endof Egypt'sborderto the other.
