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Genesis 47:26

JosephPharaohPharaohEgypt

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.”

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

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.

28 And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years, and the length of his life was 147 years.

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BSB
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.
KJV
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.
WEB
Joseph made it a statute concerning the land of Egypt to this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth. Only the land of the priests alone didn’t become Pharaoh’s.
ASV
And Joseph made it a statute concerning the land of Egypt unto this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth; only the land of the priests alone became not Pharaoh`s.
DARBY
And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt to this day, [that] the fifth should be for Pharaoh, except the land of the priests: theirs alone did not become Pharaoh's.
BLB
And Joseph made it a statute to this day over the land of Egypt: For Pharaoh, the fifth. Only the land of the priests, [which is] unto them alone and has not come to belong to Pharaoh.
ÅB
Så satte Josef dette som en lov - og den lov gjelder den dag idag for jorden i Egypt - at Farao skulle ha femtedelen; bare Prestenes jord ble ikke Faraos eiendom.
OTB
Josef fastsatte en lov angående Egyptens land, fortsatt i kraft i dag, at en femtedel av avlingen tilhører farao. Bare prestenes land ble ikke faraos.
B1930
Så satte Josef dette som en lov - og den lov gjelder den dag idag for jorden i Egypten - at Farao skulde ha femtedelen; bare Prestenes jord blev ikke Faraos eiendom.

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Cross references

  • Genesis 47:22

    However, he did not acquire the priests’ portion of the land, for it had been given to them by Pharaoh. They ate the rations that Pharaoh supplied; so they did not sell their land.

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  • Ezekiel 7:24

    So I will bring the most wicked of nations to take possession of their houses. I will end the pride of the mighty, and their holy places will be profaned.

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