and blessed be God Most High who has handed over your enemies to you. And Abram gave him a tenth of everything.
Genesis 47:24 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised At harvest, you are to give a fifth of it to Pharaoh, and four-fifths will be yours as seed for the field and as food for yourselves, your households, and your dependents.’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And it shall come to pass in the increase, that ye shall give the fifth part unto Pharaoh, and four parts shall be your own, for seed of the field, and for your food, and for them of your households, and for food for your little ones. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition At [harvest time when you reap] the increase, you shall give one-fifth of it to Pharaoh, and four-fifths shall be your own to use for seed for the field and as food for you and those of your households and for your little ones. American Standard Version (1901) And it shall come to pass at the ingatherings, that ye shall give a fifth unto Pharaoh, and four parts shall be your own, for seed of the field, and for your food, and for them of your households, and for food for your little ones. Common English Bible When the crop comes in, you must give one-fifth to Pharaoh. You may keep four-fifths for yourselves, for planting fields, and for feeding yourselves, those in your households, and your children.” Catholic Public Domain Version so that you may be able to have grain. One fifth part you will give to the king; the remaining four I permit to you, as seed and as food for your families and children. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version That you may have corn. The fifth part you shall give to the king: the other four you shall have for seed, and for food for your families and children. |
and blessed be God Most High who has handed over your enemies to you. And Abram gave him a tenth of everything.
Then the king of Sodom said to Abram, ‘Give me the people, but take the possessions for yourself.’
This stone that I have set up as a marker will be God’s house, and I will give to you a tenth of all that you give me.’
Let Pharaoh do this: let him appoint overseers over the land and take a fifth of the harvest of the land of Egypt during the seven years of abundance.
Joseph said to the people, ‘Understand today that I have acquired you and your land for Pharaoh. Here is seed for you. Sow it in the land.
‘You have saved our lives,’ they said. ‘We have found favour with our lord and will be Pharaoh’s slaves.’
‘Every tenth of the land’s produce, grain from the soil or fruit from the trees, belongs to the Lord; it is holy to the Lord.
Every tenth animal from the herd or flock, which passes under the shepherd’s rod, will be holy to the Lord.
‘Look, I have given the Levites every tenth in Israel as an inheritance in return for the work they do, the work of the tent of meeting.
‘Each year you are to set aside a tenth of all the produce grown in your fields.
‘When you have finished paying all the tenth of your produce in the third year, the year of the tenth, you are to give it to the Levites, resident foreigners, fatherless children, and widows, so that they may eat in your towns and be satisfied.