◄ Genesis 47:21 ►
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Good News Translation
Joseph made slaves of the people from one end of Egypt to the other.

Contemporary English Version
and made everyone the king's slaves,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And all its people from one end of the borders of Egypt, even to the other end thereof,

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And all its people from one end of the borders of Egypt, even to the other end thereof,

A.

2303. B.C.

1701.
And as. It is highly probable, that Joseph was influenced by no political motive in removing the people to the cities, but merely by motives of prudence and humanity; for, as the corn was laid up in the cities, it would be more eligible to bring then from distant towns and villages to places where they might be more conveniently supplied with food.

to cities.

Genesis 41:48 And all the abundance of grain was laid up in every city.

Context
Joseph's Leadership During the Famine
…20So Joseph bought all the land of Egypt, every man selling his possessions, because of the greatness of the famine. And he brought it into Pharao's hands: 21And all its people from one end of the borders of Egypt, even to the other end thereof,22Except the land of the priests, which had been given them by the king: to whom also a certain allowance of food was given out of the public stores, and therefore they were not forced to sell their possessions.…
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Genesis 47:20
So Joseph bought all the land of Egypt, every man selling his possessions, because of the greatness of the famine. And he brought it into Pharao's hands:

Genesis 47:22
Except the land of the priests, which had been given them by the king: to whom also a certain allowance of food was given out of the public stores, and therefore they were not forced to sell their possessions.

Additional Translations
and Joseph reduced the people to servitude from one end of Egypt to the other.And as for the people, he removed them to cities from one end of the borders of Egypt even to the other end thereof.

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.

And he brought the people into bondage to him, for servants, from one extremity of Egypt to the other,

And as for the people, he removed them into the cities, from [one] end of the borders of Egypt even to the [other] end of it.

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.

And as for the people, he removed them to cities from one end of the borders of Egypt even to the other end thereof.

As for the people, he moved them to the cities from one end of the border of Egypt even to the other end of it.

as to the people he hath removed them to cities from the one end of the border of Egypt even unto its other end.
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