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Genesis 47:25

Pharaoh
GratitudeGrace

23 Then Joseph said to the people, “Now that I have acquired you and your land for Pharaoh this day, here is seed for you to sow in the land.

24 At harvest time, you are to give a fifth of it to Pharaoh, and four-fifths will be yours as seed for the field and food for yourselves and your households and children.”

“You have saved our lives,” they said. “We have found favor in our lord’s eyes, and we will be Pharaoh’s servants.”

26 So Joseph established a law that a fifth of the produce belongs to Pharaoh, and it is in effect in the land of Egypt to this day. Only the priests’ land does not belong to Pharaoh.

27 Now the Israelites settled in the land of Egypt, in the region of Goshen. They acquired property there and became fruitful and increased greatly in number.

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BSB
“You have saved our lives,” they said. “We have found favor in our lord’s eyes, and we will be Pharaoh’s servants.”
KJV
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.
WEB
They said, “You have saved our lives! Let us find favor in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh’s servants.”
ASV
And they said, Thou hast saved our lives: let us find favor in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh`s servants.
DARBY
And they said, Thou hast saved us alive. Let us find favour in the eyes of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's bondmen.
BLB
And they said, “You have caused us to live. We find favor in the eyes of my lord, and we will be servants to Pharaoh.”
ÅB
Da sa de: Du har holdt oss i live; la oss finne nåde for min herres øyne, så skal vi være Faraos slaver.
OTB
De sa: “Du har reddet våre liv! Må vi finne nåde i vår herres øyne; vi vil være faraos tjenere.”
B1930
Da sa de: Du har holdt oss i live; la oss finne nåde for min herres øine, så skal vi være Faraos træler.

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Cross references

  • Genesis 33:15

    “Let me leave some of my people with you,” Esau said. But Jacob replied, “Why do that? Let me find favor in the sight of my lord.”

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  • Proverbs 11:26–27

    The people will curse the hoarder of grain, but blessing will crown the one who sells it.

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  • Genesis 41:45

    Pharaoh gave Joseph the name Zaphenath-paneah, and he gave him Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, to be his wife. And Joseph took charge of all the land of Egypt.

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  • Genesis 50:20

    As for you, what you intended against me for evil, God intended for good, in order to accomplish a day like this—to preserve the lives of many people.

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  • Genesis 45:6–8

    For the famine has covered the land these two years, and there will be five more years without plowing or harvesting.

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  • Ruth 2:13

    “My lord,” she said, “may I continue to find favor in your eyes, for you have comforted and spoken kindly to your maidservant, though I am not like one of your servant girls.”

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  • Genesis 6:19

    And you are to bring two of every living creature into the ark—male and female—to keep them alive with you.

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  • Genesis 18:3

    “My lord,” said Abraham, “if I have found favor in your sight, please do not pass your servant by.

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