Genesis 47:23

New King James Version

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

Cross References

2 Corinthians 9:10

Now may He who supplies seed to the sower, and bread for food, supply and multiply the seed you have sown and increase the fruits of your righteousness,

Matthew 24:45

“Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his master made ruler over his household, to give them food in due season?

Isaiah 55:10

“For as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven, And do not return there, But water the earth, And make it bring forth and bud, That it may give seed to the sower And bread to the eater,

Ecclesiastes 11:6

In the morning sow your seed, And in the evening do not withhold your hand; For you do not know which will prosper, Either this or that, Or whether both alike will be good.

Proverbs 13:23

Much food is in the fallow ground of the poor, And for lack of justice there is waste.

Proverbs 12:11

He who tills his land will be satisfied with bread, But he who follows frivolity is devoid of understanding.

Proverbs 11:26

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

Psalm 112:5

A good man deals graciously and lends; He will guide his affairs with discretion.

Psalm 41:1

Blessed is he who considers the poor; The Lord will deliver him in time of trouble.

Genesis 45:6

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

Genesis 41:27

And the seven thin and ugly cows which came up after them are seven years, and the seven empty heads blighted by the east wind are seven years of famine.

Genesis 47:22

Only the land of the priests he did not buy; for the priests had rations allotted to them by Pharaoh, and they ate their rations which Pharaoh gave them; therefore they did not sell their lands.

Genesis 47:24

And it shall come to pass in the harvest that you shall give one-fifth to Pharaoh. Four-fifths shall be your own, as seed for the field and for your food, for those of your households and as food for your little ones.”