Genesis 47:23

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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

Cross References

Genesis 41:27

The seven lean and ugly cows that came up after them are seven years, as are the seven empty ears blighted by the east wind. They are seven years of famine.

Genesis 45:6

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

Genesis 47:22

Only the land of the priests he did not buy, for the priests had a fixed allowance from Pharaoh and lived on the allowance that Pharaoh gave them; therefore they did not sell their land.

Genesis 47:24

And at the harvests you shall give one-fifth to Pharaoh, and four-fifths shall be your own, as seed for the field and as food for yourselves and your households and as food for your little ones.”

Psalm 112:5

It is well with those who deal generously and lend, who conduct their affairs with justice.

Psalm 41:1

Happy are those who consider the poor; the Lord delivers them in the day of trouble.

Proverbs 11:26

The people curse those who hold back grain, but a blessing is on the head of those who sell it.

Proverbs 12:11

Those who till their land will have plenty of food, but those who follow worthless pursuits have no sense.

Proverbs 13:23

The field of the poor may yield much food, but it is swept away through injustice.

Ecclesiastes 11:6

In the morning sow your seed, and at evening do not let your hands be idle, for you do not know which will prosper, this or that, or whether both alike will be good.

Isaiah 55:10

For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven and do not return there until they have watered the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater,

Matthew 24:45

“Who, then, is the faithful and wise slave whom his master has put in charge of his household, to give the other slaves their allowance of food at the proper time?

2 Corinthians 9:10

He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and increase the harvest of your righteousness.