Genesis 41:34

New American Bible - revised edition

Let Pharaoh act and appoint overseers for the land to organize it during the seven years of abundance.

Cross References

Luke 16:5

He called in his master’s debtors one by one. To the first he said, ‘How much do you owe my master?’

Proverbs 27:12

The astute see an evil and hide; the naive continue on and pay the penalty.

Proverbs 22:3

The astute see an evil and hide, while the naive continue on and pay the penalty.

Psalm 33:19

To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive through famine.

Job 5:20

In famine he will deliver you from death, and in war from the power of the sword;

Nehemiah 11:9

Joel, son of Zichri, was their commander, and Judah, son of Hassenuah, was second in command of the city.

2 Chronicles 34:12

The men worked faithfully at their task; their overseers were Jahath and Obadiah, Levites of the line of Merari, and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the Kohathites, who directed them. All those Levites who were skillful with musical instruments

Numbers 31:14

Moses became angry with the officers of the army, the commanders of thousands and the commanders of hundreds, who were returning from the military campaign.

Genesis 41:33

“Therefore, let Pharaoh seek out a discerning and wise man and put him in charge of the land of Egypt.

Genesis 41:35

They should collect all the food of these coming good years, gathering the grain under Pharaoh’s authority, for food in the cities, and they should guard it.

Genesis 47:24

But when the harvest is in, you must give a fifth of it to Pharaoh, while you keep four-fifths as seed for your fields and as food for yourselves and your households and as food for your children.”

Genesis 47:26

Thus Joseph made it a statute for the land of Egypt, which is still in force, that a fifth of its produce should go to Pharaoh. Only the land of the priests did not pass over to Pharaoh. Israel Blesses Ephraim and Manasseh.