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Genesis 47:25

Pharaoh
GratitudeGrace

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.

24 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.

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.

26 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.

27 And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and they had possessions therein, and grew, and multiplied exceedingly.

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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

    And Esau said, Let me now leave with thee some of the folk that are with me. And he said, What needeth it? let me find grace in the sight of my lord.

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  • Proverbs 11:26–27

    He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it.

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  • Genesis 41:45

    And Pharaoh called Joseph’s name Zaphnath-paaneah; and he gave him to wife Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah priest of On. And Joseph went out over all the land of Egypt.

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  • Genesis 50:20

    But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.

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  • Genesis 45:6–8

    For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and yet there are five years, in the which there shall neither be earing nor harvest.

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  • Ruth 2:13

    Then she said, Let me find favour in thy sight, my lord; for that thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken friendly unto thine handmaid, though I be not like unto one of thine handmaidens.

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  • Genesis 6:19

    And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female.

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  • Genesis 18:3

    And said, My Lord, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant:

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