The seven thin and ugly cattle that came up after them are seven years, and also the seven empty heads of grain blasted with the east wind; they will be seven years of famine.
Genesis 47:23 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) Then Yosef said to the people, *Behold, I have bought you and your land today for Par`oh. Behold, here is seed for you, and you shall sow the land. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Then Joseph said unto the people, Behold, I have bought you this day and your land for Pharaoh: lo, here is seed for you, and ye shall sow the land. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then Joseph said to the people, Behold, I have today bought you and your land for Pharaoh. Now here is seed for you, and you shall sow the land. American Standard Version (1901) Then Joseph said unto the people, Behold, I have bought you this day and your land for Pharaoh: lo, here is seed for you, and ye shall sow the land. Common English Bible Joseph said to the people, “Since I’ve now purchased you and your farmland for Pharaoh, here’s seed for you. Plant the seed on the land. Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, Joseph said to the people: "So, as you discern, both you and your lands are possessed by Pharaoh; take seed and sow the fields, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Then Joseph said to the people: Behold, as you see, both you and your lands belong to Pharao: Take seed and sow the fields, |
The seven thin and ugly cattle that came up after them are seven years, and also the seven empty heads of grain blasted with the east wind; they will be seven years of famine.
For these two years the famine has been in the land, and there are yet five years, in which there will be neither plowing nor harvest.
Only he didn't buy the land of the Kohanim, for the Kohanim had a portion from Par`oh, and ate their portion which Par`oh gave them. That is why they didn't sell their land.
It will happen at the harvests, that you shall give a fifth to Par`oh, and four parts will be your own, for seed of the field, for your food, for them of your households, and for food for your little ones.*
It is well with the man who deals graciously and lends. He will maintain his cause in judgment.
People curse someone who withholds grain, but blessing will be on the head of him who sells it.
He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who chases fantasies is void of understanding.
An abundance of food is in poor people's fields, but injustice sweeps it away.
In the morning sow your seed, and in the evening don't withhold your hand; for you don't know which will prosper, whether this or that, or whether they both will be equally good.
For as the rain comes down and the snow from the sky, and doesn't return there, but waters the earth, and makes it bring forth and bud, and gives seed to the sower and bread to the eater;
*Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his lord has set over his household, to give them their food in due season?
Now may he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food, supply and multiply your seed for sowing, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;