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Genesis 47:21

Egypt

19 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.

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

22 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.

23 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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BSB
and Joseph reduced the people to servitude from one end of Egypt to the other.
KJV
And as for the people, he removed them to cities from one end of the borders of Egypt even to the other end thereof.
WEB
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.
ASV
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.
DARBY
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.
BLB
And the people—he reduced them to servitude, from one end of the border of Egypt and to its [other] end.
ÅB
Men folket flyttet han om i byene, fra den ene ende av Egypt til den andre.
OTB
Josef flyttet folket til byene fra den ene enden av Egypt til den andre.
B1930
Men folket flyttet han om i byene, fra den ene ende av Egyptens land til den andre.

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Cross references

  • Genesis 41:48

    And he gathered up all the food of the seven years, which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities: the food of the field, which was round about every city, laid he up in the same.

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