Verse 36

And the food{H400} shall be for a store{H6487} to the land{H776} against the seven{H7651} years{H8141} of famine,{H7458} which shall be in the land{H776} of Egypt;{H4714} that the land{H776} perish{H3772} not through the famine.{H7458}

Referenced Verses

• Gen 47:13-25 : 13 And there was no bread{H3899} in all the land;{H776} for the famine{H7458} was very{H3966} sore,{H3515} so that the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714} and the land{H776} of Canaan{H3667} fainted{H3856} by reason{H6440} of the famine.{H7458} 14 And Joseph{H3130} gathered up{H3950} all the money{H3701} that was found{H4672} in the land{H776} of Egypt,{H4714} and in the land{H776} of Canaan,{H3667} for the grain{H7668} which they bought:{H7666} and Joseph{H3130} brought{H935} the money{H3701} into Pharaoh's{H6547} house.{H1004} 15 And when the money{H3701} was all spent{H8552} in the land{H776} of Egypt,{H4714} and in the land{H776} of Canaan,{H3667} all the Egyptians{H4714} came{H935} unto Joseph,{H3130} and said,{H559} Give{H3051} us bread:{H3899} for why should we die{H4191} in thy presence? for [our] money{H3701} faileth.{H656} 16 And Joseph{H3130} said,{H559} Give{H3051} your cattle;{H4735} and I will give{H5414} you for your cattle,{H4735} if money{H3701} fail.{H656} 17 And they brought{H935} their cattle{H4735} unto Joseph;{H3130} and Joseph{H3130} gave{H5414} them bread{H3899} in exchange for the horses,{H5483} and for the flocks,{H6629} and for the{H4735} herds,{H1241} and for the asses:{H2543} and he fed{H5095} them with bread{H3899} in exchange for all their cattle{H4735} for that year.{H8141} 18 And when that year{H8141} was ended,{H8552} they came{H935} unto him the second{H8145} year,{H8141} and said{H559} unto him, We will not hide{H3582} from my lord,{H113} how that our money{H3701} is all spent;{H8552} and the herds{H4735} of cattle{H929} are my{H413} lord's;{H113} there is nought left{H7604} in the sight{H6440} of my lord,{H113} but our bodies,{H1472} and our lands:{H127} 19 wherefore should we die{H4191} before thine eyes,{H5869} both we and our land?{H127} buy{H7069} us and our land{H127} for bread,{H3899} and we and our land{H127} will be servants{H5650} unto Pharaoh:{H6547} and give{H5414} us seed,{H2233} that we may live,{H2421} and not die,{H4191} and that the land{H127} be not desolate.{H3456} 20 So Joseph{H3130} bought{H7069} all the land{H127} of Egypt{H4714} for Pharaoh;{H6547} for the Egyptians{H4714} sold{H4376} every man{H376} his field,{H7704} because the famine{H7458} was sore{H2388} upon them: and the land{H776} became Pharaoh's.{H6547} 21 And as for the people,{H5971} he removed{H5674} them to the cities{H5892} from one end{H7097} of the border{H1366} of Egypt{H4714} even to the other end{H7097} thereof. 22 Only the land{H127} of the priests{H3548} bought he{H7069} not: for the priests{H3548} had a portion{H2706} from Pharaoh,{H6547} and did eat{H398} their portion{H2706} which Pharaoh{H6547} gave{H5414} them; wherefore they sold{H4376} not their land.{H127} 23 Then Joseph{H3130} said{H559} unto the people,{H5971} Behold, I have bought{H7069} you this day{H3117} and your land{H127} for Pharaoh:{H6547} lo,{H1887} here is seed{H2233} for you, and ye shall sow{H2232} the land.{H127} 24 And it shall come to pass at the ingatherings,{H8393} that ye shall give{H5414} a fifth{H2549} unto Pharaoh,{H6547} and four{H702} parts{H3027} shall be your own, for seed{H2233} of the field,{H7704} and for your food,{H400} and for them of your households,{H1004} and for food{H398} for your little ones.{H2945} 25 And they said,{H559} Thou hast saved our lives:{H2421} let us find{H4672} favor{H2580} in the sight{H5869} of my lord,{H113} and we will be Pharaoh's{H6547} servants.{H5650}