Genesis 41:34 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

³⁴ 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.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁴ Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint officers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁴ Let Pharaoh do this; then let him select and appoint officers over the land, and take one-fifth [of the produce] of the [whole] land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years [year by year].

American Standard Version (1901)

³⁴ Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint overseers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years.

Common English Bible

³⁴ Then Pharaoh should appoint administrators over the land and take one-fifth of all the produce of the land of Egypt during the seven years of abundance.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁴ so that he may appoint overseers throughout all the regions. And let a fifth part of the fruits, throughout the seven fertile years

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³⁴ That he may appoint overseers over all the countries; and gather into barns the fifth part of the fruits, during the seven fruitful years,

Genesis 41:34 Tagairtí Cros

Genesis 41:33

‘So now, let Pharaoh look for a discerning and wise man and set him over the land of Egypt.

Genesis 41:35

Let them gather all the excess food during these good years that are coming. Under Pharaoh’s authority, store the grain in the cities, so they may preserve it as food.

Genesis 47:24

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.’

Genesis 47:26

So Joseph made it a law, still in effect today in the land of Egypt, that a fifth of the produce belongs to Pharaoh. Only the priests’ land does not belong to Pharaoh.

2 Chronicles 34:12

The men were doing the work with integrity. Their overseers were Jahath and Obadiah, Levites from the Merarites, and Zechariah and Meshullam from the Kohathites as supervisors. The Levites were all skilled with musical instruments.

Nehemiah 11:9

Joel son of Zichri was the officer over them, and Judah son of Hassenuah was second in command over the city.

Job 5:20

In famine he will redeem you from death, and in battle, from the power of the sword.

Proverbs 22:3

A sensible person sees danger and takes cover, but the inexperienced keep going and are punished.

Proverbs 27:12

A sensible person sees danger and takes cover; the inexperienced keep going and are punished.

Numbers 31:14

But Moses became furious with the officers, the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds, who were returning from the military campaign.

Luke 16:5

‘So he summoned each one of his master’s debtors. “How much do you owe my master? ” he asked the first one.