Genesis 47:13-19 ▼

13 And there was no bread in all the earth, for the famine was very severe. And the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan languished because of the famine.

14 And Joseph gathered up all the silver found in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan, for the grain that they were buying, and Joseph brought the silver to the house of Pharaoh.

15 And the silver was finished from the land of Egypt and from the land of Canaan, and all Egypt came to Joseph and said, “Give to us bread, and why should we die in your presence? For the silver is gone.”

16 And Joseph said, “Give your? livestock, and I will give it to you? for your? livestock, if the silver is gone.”

17 And they brought their livestock to Joseph, and Joseph gave to them bread for the horses, and for the livestock of the sheep, and for the livestock of the cattle, and for the donkeys. And he led them with bread for all their livestock that year.

18 And that year ended, and they came to him in the second year and said to him, “we will not hide from my lord that the silver is gone and the livestock of the animals belong to my lord. Nothing remains before my lord, except our bodies and our land.

19 Why should we die before your eyes, both we and our land? Buy us and our land for bread, and we will be—we and our land—servants to Pharaoh. And give us seed, and we will live and not die, that the land will not be desolate.”