Genesis 41:34

American Standard Version (1901)

Let Pharaoh do [this], and let him appoint overseers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years.

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  • Num 31:14 : 14 And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host, the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds, who came from the service of the war.
  • 2 Kgs 11:11-12 : 11 And the guard stood, every man with his weapons in his hand, from the right side of the house to the left side of the house, along by the altar and the house, by the king round about. 12 Then he brought out the king's son, and put the crown upon him, and [gave him] the testimony; and they made him king, and anointed him; and they clapped their hands, and said, [Long] live the king.
  • 2 Chr 34:12 : 12 And the men did the work faithfully: and the overseers of them were Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari; and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to set it forward; and [others of] the Levites, all that were skilful with instruments of music.
  • Neh 11:9 : 9 And Joel the son of Zichri was their overseer; and Judah the son of Hassenuah was second over the city.
  • Job 5:20 : 20 In famine he will redeem thee from death; And in war from the power of the sword.
  • Ps 33:19 : 19 To deliver their soul from death, And to keep them alive in famine.
  • Prov 6:6-8 : 6 Go to the ant, thou sluggard; Consider her ways, and be wise: 7 Which having no chief, Overseer, or ruler, 8 Provideth her bread in the summer, And gathereth her food in the harvest.
  • Prov 22:3 : 3 A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself; But the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
  • Prov 27:12 : 12 A prudent man seeth the evil, [and] hideth himself; [But] the simple pass on, [and] suffer for it.
  • Luke 16:5 : 5 And calling to him each one of his lord's debtors, he said to the first, How much owest thou unto my lord?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 41:35-37
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    35And let them gather all the food of these good years that come, and lay up grain under the hand of Pharaoh for food in the cities, and let them keep it.

    36And the food shall be for a store to the land against the seven years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; that the land perish not through the famine.

    37And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants.

  • Gen 41:33
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    33Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt.

  • Gen 47:24-26
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    24And it shall come to pass at the ingatherings, that ye shall give a fifth 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.

    25And they said, Thou hast saved our lives: let us find favor in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants.

    26And 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.

  • Gen 41:39-44
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    39And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath showed thee all of this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou:

    40thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou.

    41And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt.

    42And Pharaoh took off his signet ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck;

    43and he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had: and they cried before him, Bow the knee: and he set him over all the land of Egypt.

    44And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I am Pharaoh, and without thee shall no man lift up his hand or his foot in all the land of Egypt.

  • Gen 41:28-31
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    76%

    28That is the thing which I spake unto Pharaoh: what God is about to do he hath showed unto Pharaoh.

    29Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt:

    30and there shall arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine shall consume the land;

    31and the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine which followeth; for it shall be very grievous.

  • Exod 5:5-6
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    5And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land are now many, and ye make them rest from their burdens.

    6And the same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,

  • Gen 41:54-56
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    54And the seven years of famine began to come, according as Joseph had said: and there was famine in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.

    55And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread: and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians, Go unto Joseph; what he saith to you, do.

    56And the famine was over all the face of the earth: and Joseph opened all the store-houses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and the famine was sore in the land of Egypt.

  • Gen 47:6
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    6the land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land make thy father and thy brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell: and if thou knowest any able men among them, then make them rulers over my cattle.

  • Gen 41:46-48
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    46And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.

    47And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls.

    48And 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.

  • Gen 47:20
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    20So Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for the Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine was sore upon them: and the land became Pharaoh's.

  • Gen 45:17-18
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    17And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto thy brethren, This do ye: lade your beasts, and go, get you unto the land of Canaan;

    18and take your father and your households, and come unto me: and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat of the land.

  • 1 Sam 8:15
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    15And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.

  • Gen 45:20
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    20Also regard not your stuff; for the good of all the land of Egypt is yours.

  • Jer 25:19
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    19Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, and his princes, and all his people;

  • Gen 47:14
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    14And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the grain which they bought: and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh's house.

  • Gen 41:4
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    4And the ill-favored and lean-fleshed kine did eat up the seven well-favored and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke.

  • Gen 45:11
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    11and there will I nourish thee; for there are yet five years of famine; lest thou come to poverty, thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast.

  • Exod 18:21
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    21Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating unjust gain; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens: