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Genesis 47:19

Pharaoh

17 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.

18 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:

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.

20 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.

21 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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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Why should we perish before your eyes—we and our land as well? Purchase us and our land in exchange for food. Then we, along with our land, will be slaves to Pharaoh. Give us seed that we may live and not die, and that the land may not become desolate.”
KJV
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.
WEB
Why should we die before your eyes, both we and our land? Buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants to Pharaoh. Give us seed, that we may live, and not die, and that the land won’t be desolate.”
ASV
wherefore should 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, and that the land be not desolate.
DARBY
Why should we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? Buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be bondmen to Pharaoh; and give seed, that we may live, and not die, and that the land be not desolate.
BLB
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.”
ÅB
Hvorfor skal vi gå til grunne for dine øyne, både vi og vår jord? Kjøp oss og vår jord for brød, så skal vi med vår jord være Faraos slaver; og gi oss såkorn, så vi kan leve og ikke skal dø, og jorden ikke legges øde.
OTB
Hvorfor skal vi omkomme foran dine øyne, både vi og vår jord? Kjøp oss og vår jord i bytte for mat, og vi vil bli faraos tjenere. Gi oss såkorn så vi kan leve og ikke dø, og så landet ikke blir øde.”
B1930
Hvorfor skal vi gå til grunne for dine øine, både vi og vår jord? Kjøp oss og vår jord for brød, så skal vi med vår jord være Faraos træler; og gi oss såkorn, så vi kan leve og ikke skal dø, og jorden ikke legges øde.

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Cross references

  • Nehemiah 5:2–3

    For there were that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, are many: therefore we take up corn for them, that we may eat, and live.

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  • Job 2:4

    And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.

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  • Lamentations 1:11

    All her people sigh, they seek bread; they have given their pleasant things for meat to relieve the soul: see, O LORD, and consider; for I am become vile.

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  • Lamentations 5:9

    We gat our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.

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  • Lamentations 5:6

    We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.

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  • Matthew 16:26

    For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

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  • Philippians 3:8–9

    Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ,

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