Genesis 47:17

New American Bible - revised edition

So they brought their livestock to Joseph, and he gave them food in exchange for their horses, their flocks of sheep and herds of cattle, and their donkeys. Thus he supplied them with food in exchange for all their livestock in that year.

Cross References

Genesis 47:16

“Give me your livestock if your money is gone,” replied Joseph. “I will give you food in return for your livestock.”

Genesis 47:18

That year ended, and they came to him in the next one and said: “We cannot hide from my lord that, with our money spent and our livestock made over to my lord, there is nothing left to put at my lord’s disposal except our bodies and our land.

1 Kings 10:28

Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and from Cilicia, where the king’s merchants purchased them.

Job 2:4

The satan answered the Lord and said, “Skin for skin! All that a man has he will give for his life.

Exodus 9:3

the hand of the Lord will strike your livestock in the field—your horses, donkeys, camels, herds and flocks—with a very severe pestilence.

Isaiah 31:1

Ah! Those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses; Who put their trust in chariots because of their number, and in horsemen because of their combined power, But look not to the Holy One of Israel nor seek the Lord!

Matthew 6:24

“No one can serve two masters. He will either hate one and love the other, or be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon. Dependence on God.