He gathered up all the food of the seven years when there was plenty in the land of Egypt and stored up food in the cities; he stored up in every city the food from the fields around it.
Genesis 47:21 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 As for the people, he made slaves of them from one end of Egypt to the other. Plus de versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And as for the people, he removed them to cities from one end of the borders of Egypt even to the other end thereof. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And as for the people, he removed them to cities and practically made slaves of them [at their own request], from one end of the borders of Egypt to the other. American Standard Version (1901) And as for the people, he removed them to the cities from one end of the border of Egypt even to the other end thereof. Common English Bible He moved the people to the cities from one end of Egypt to the other. Catholic Public Domain Version along with all of its people, from the newest borders of Egypt, even to its furthest limits, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And all its people from one end of the borders of Egypt, even to the other end thereof, |
He gathered up all the food of the seven years when there was plenty in the land of Egypt and stored up food in the cities; he stored up in every city the food from the fields around it.
So Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh. All the Egyptians sold their fields, because the famine was severe upon them, and the land became Pharaoh’s.
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.