Genesis:47:13-26
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And there was no bread in all the land ;
for the famine was very sore ,
so that the land of Egypt and all the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine .
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And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt ,
and in the land of Canaan ,
for the corn which they bought :
and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh '
s house .
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And when money failed in the land of Egypt ,
and in the land of Canaan ,
all the Egyptians came unto Joseph ,
and said ,
Give us bread :
for why should we die in thy presence ?
for the money faileth .
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And Joseph said ,
Give your cattle ;
and I will give you for your cattle ,
if money fail .
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And they brought their cattle unto Joseph :
and Joseph gave them bread in exchange for horses ,
and for the flocks ,
and for the cattle of the herds ,
and for the asses :
and he fed them with bread for all their cattle for that year .
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When that year was ended ,
they came unto him the second year ,
and said unto him ,
We will not hide it from my lord ,
how that our money is spent ;
my lord also hath our herds of cattle ;
there is not ought left in the sight of my lord ,
but our bodies ,
and our lands :
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Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes ,
both we and our land ?
buy us and our land for bread ,
and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh :
and give us seed ,
that we may live ,
and not die ,
that the land be not desolate .
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And Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh ;
for the Egyptians sold every man his field ,
because the famine prevailed over them :
so the land became Pharaoh '
s .
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And as for the people ,
he removed them to cities from one end of the borders of Egypt even to the other end thereof .
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Only the land of the priests bought he not ;
for the priests had a portion assigned them of Pharaoh ,
and did eat their portion which Pharaoh gave them :
wherefore they sold not their lands .
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Then Joseph said unto the people ,
Behold ,
I have bought you this day and your land for Pharaoh :
lo ,
here is seed for you ,
and ye shall sow the land .
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And it shall come to pass in the increase ,
that ye shall give the fifth part unto Pharaoh ,
and four parts shall be your own ,
for seed of the field ,
and for your food ,
and for them of your households ,
and for food for your little ones .
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And they said ,
Thou hast saved our lives :
let us find grace in the sight of my lord ,
and we will be Pharaoh '
s servants .
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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 .