NASB Lexicon
KJV Lexicon And JosephYowceph (yo-safe') let him add (or perhaps simply active participle adding); Joseph, the name of seven Israelites -- Joseph. made suwm (soom) to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)wholly, work. it a law choq (khoke) an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage) over the land 'adamah (ad-aw-maw') soil (from its general redness) -- country, earth, ground, husband(-man) (-ry), land. of Egypt Mitsrayim (mits-rah'-yim) Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt -- Egypt, Egyptians, Mizraim. unto this day yowm (yome) a day (as the warm hours), that Pharaoh Par`oh (par-o') Paroh, a general title of Egyptian kings -- Pharaoh. should have the fifth chomesh (kho'-mesh) a fifth tax -- fifth participle part except raq (rak) leanness, i.e. (figuratively) limitation; only adverbial, merely, or conjunctional, although the land 'adamah (ad-aw-maw') soil (from its general redness) -- country, earth, ground, husband(-man) (-ry), land. of the priests kohen (ko-hane') literally, one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman) -- chief ruler, own, priest, prince, principal officer. only which became not Pharaoh's Par`oh (par-o') Paroh, a general title of Egyptian kings -- Pharaoh. Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible Joseph made it a statute concerning the land of Egypt valid to this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth; only the land of the priests did not become Pharaoh's. King James Bible And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt unto this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth part; except the land of the priests only, which became not Pharaoh's. Holman Christian Standard Bible 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. International Standard Version So Joseph crafted a statute concerning Egypt that remains valid to this day that Pharaoh should own a fifth of the produce, excluding the land belonging to the priests, which remained outside of Pharaoh's control. NET Bible So Joseph made it a statute, which is in effect to this day throughout the land of Egypt: One-fifth belongs to Pharaoh. Only the land of the priests did not become Pharaoh's. GOD'S WORD® Translation Joseph made a law concerning the land in Egypt which is still in force today: One-fifth [of the produce] belongs to Pharaoh. Only the land of the priests didn't belong to Pharaoh. King James 2000 Bible And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt unto this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth part; except the land of the priests only, which became not Pharaoh's. Links Genesis 47:26Genesis 47:26 NIV Genesis 47:26 NLT Genesis 47:26 ESV Genesis 47:26 NASB Genesis 47:26 KJV |