Genesis 47:23
Good News Translation
Joseph said to the people, "You see, I have now bought you and your lands for the king. Here is seed for you to sow in your fields.

New Revised Standard Version
Then Joseph said to the people, “Now that I have this day bought you and your land for Pharaoh, here is seed for you; sow the land.

Contemporary English Version
Then Joseph said to the people, "You and your land now belong to the king. I'm giving you seed to plant,

New American Bible
Joseph told the people: “Now that I have acquired you and your land for Pharaoh, here is your seed for sowing the land.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Then Joseph said to the people: Behold, as you see, both you and your lands belong to Pharao; take seed and sow the fields,

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Then Joseph said to the people: Behold, as you see, both you and your lands belong to Pharao; take seed and sow the fields,

bought.

Genesis 47:19 Why therefore shall we die before thy eyes? we will be thine, both we and our lands: buy us to be the king's servants, and give us seed, lest for want of tillers the land be turned into a wilderness.

here is seed.

Genesis 41:27 And the seven lean and thin kine that came up after them, and the seven thin ears that were blasted with the burning wind, are seven years of famine to come:

Genesis 45:6 For it is two years since the famine began to be upon the land, and five years more remain, wherein there can be neither ploughing nor reaping.

Psalm 41:1 Unto the end, a psalm for David himself. [2] Blessed is he that understandeth concerning the needy and the poor: the Lord will deliver him in the evil day.

Psalm 107:36,37 And hath placed there the hungry; and they made a city for their habitation. . . .

Psalm 112:5 Acceptable is the man that sheweth mercy and lendeth: he shall order his words with judgment:

Proverbs 11:26 Well doth he rise early who seeketh good things; but he that seeketh after evil things, shall be oppressed by them.

Proverbs 12:11 He that is delighted in passing his time over wine, leaveth a reproach in his strong holds.

Proverbs 13:23 Much food is in the tillage of fathers: but for others it is gathered without judgment.

Ecclesiastes 11:6 In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening let not thy hand cease: for thou knowest not which may rather spring up, this or that: and if both together, it shall be the better.

Isaiah 28:24,25 Shall the ploughman plough all the day to sow, shall he open and harrow his ground? . . .

Isaiah 55:10 And as the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and return no more thither, but soak the earth, and water it, and make it to spring, and give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:

Matthew 24:45 Who, thinkest thou, is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath appointed over his family, to give them meat in season?

2 Corinthians 9:10 And he that ministereth seed to the sower will both give you bread to eat and will multiply your seed and increase the growth of the fruits of your justice:

Context
Joseph's Leadership During the Famine
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. 23Then Joseph said to the people: Behold, as you see, both you and your lands belong to Pharao; take seed and sow the fields,24That 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.…
Cross References
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.

Genesis 47:24
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.

Genesis 47:22
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