Genesis 41:34

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Let Pharaoh do this, and let him put overseers over the land of Egypt to put in store a fifth part of the produce of the land in the good years.

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  • Num 31:14 : 14 And Moses was angry with the chiefs of the army, the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds who had come back from the war.
  • 2 Kgs 11:11-12 : 11 Then the armed men took up their positions, every man with his instruments of war in his hand, from the right side of the house to the left, round about the altar and the house. 12 Then he made the king's son come out, and put the crown on him and the arm-bands, and made him king, and put the holy oil on him; and they all, making sounds of joy with their hands, said, Long life to the king.
  • 2 Chr 34:12 : 12 And the men did the work well; and those who had authority over them were Jahath and Obadiah, Levites of the sons of Merari, and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, who were to be responsible for seeing that the work was done; and others of the Levites, who were expert 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 town.
  • Job 5:20 : 20 When there is need of food he will keep you from death, and in war from the power of the sword.
  • Ps 33:19 : 19 To keep their souls from death; and to keep them living in time of need.
  • Prov 6:6-8 : 6 Go to the ant, you hater of work; give thought to her ways and be wise: 7 Having no chief, overseer, or ruler, 8 She gets her meat in the summer, storing up food at the time of the grain-cutting.
  • Prov 22:3 : 3 The sharp man sees the evil and takes cover: the simple go straight on and get into trouble.
  • Prov 27:12 : 12 The sharp man sees the evil and takes cover: the simple go straight on and get into trouble.
  • Luke 16:5 : 5 And sending for every one who was in debt to his lord he said to the first, What is the amount of your debt to my lord?

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  • Gen 41:35-37
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    35 And let them get together all the food in those good years and make a store of grain under Pharaoh's control for the use of the towns, and let them keep it.

    36 And let that food be kept in store for the land till the seven bad years which are to come in Egypt; so that the land may not come to destruction through need of food.

    37 And this seemed good to Pharaoh and to all his servants.

  • Gen 41:33
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    33 And now let Pharaoh make search for a man of wisdom and good sense, and put him in authority over the land of Egypt.

  • Gen 47:24-26
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    24 And when the grain is cut, you are to give a fifth part to Pharaoh, and four parts will be yours for seed and food, and for your families and your little ones.

    25 And they said to him, Truly you have kept us from death; may we have grace in your eyes, and we will be Pharaoh's servants.

    26 Then Joseph made a law which is in force to this day, that Pharaoh was to have the fifth part; only the land of the priests did not become his.

  • Gen 41:39-44
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    39 And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Seeing that God has made all this clear to you, there is no other man of such wisdom and good sense as you:

    40 You, then, are to be over my house, and all my people will be ruled by your word: only as king will I be greater than you.

    41 And Pharaoh said to Joseph, See, I have put you over all the land of Egypt.

    42 Then Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand and put it on Joseph's hand, and he had him clothed with the best linen, and put a chain of gold round his neck;

    43 And he made him take his seat in the second of his carriages; and they went before him crying, Make way! So he made him ruler over all the land of Egypt.

    44 Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, I am Pharaoh; and without your order no man may do anything in all the land of Egypt.

  • Gen 41:28-31
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    28 As I said to Pharaoh before, God has made clear to him what he is about to do.

    29 Seven years are coming in which there will be great wealth of grain in Egypt;

    30 And after that will come seven years when there will not be enough food; and the memory of the good years will go from men's minds; and the land will be made waste by the bad years;

    31 And men will have no memory of the good time because of the need which will come after, for it will be very bitter.

  • Exod 5:5-6
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    5 And Pharaoh said, Truly, the people of the land are increasing in number, and you are keeping them back from their work.

    6 The same day Pharaoh gave orders to the overseers and those who were responsible for the work, saying,

  • Gen 41:54-56
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    54 Then came the first of the seven years of need as Joseph had said: and in every other land they were short of food; but in the land of Egypt there was bread.

    55 And when all the land of Egypt was in need of food, the people came crying to Pharaoh for bread; and Pharaoh said to the people, Go to Joseph, and whatever he says to you, do it.

    56 And everywhere on the earth they were short of food; then Joseph, opening all his store-houses, gave the people of Egypt grain for money; so great was the need of food in the land of Egypt.

  • Gen 47:6
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    6 And Jacob and his sons came to Joseph in Egypt, and when word of it came to the ears of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, he said to Joseph, Your father and brothers have come to you; all the land of Egypt is before you; let your father and your brothers have the best of the land for their resting-place.

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

    47 Now in the seven good years the earth gave fruit in masses.

    48 And Joseph got together all the food of those seven years, and made a store of food in the towns: the produce of the fields round every town was stored up in the town.

  • Gen 47:20
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    20 So Joseph got all the land in Egypt for Pharaoh; for every Egyptian gave up his land in exchange for food, because of their great need; so all the land became Pharaoh's.

  • Gen 45:17-18
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    17 And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Say to your brothers, Put your goods on your beasts and go back to the land of Canaan;

    18 And get your father and your families and come back to me: and I will give you all the good things of Egypt, and the fat of the land will be your food.

  • 1 Sam 8:15
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    15 He will take a tenth of your seed and of the fruit of your vines and give it to his servants.

  • Gen 45:20
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    20 And take no thought for your goods, for the best of all the land of Egypt is yours.

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

  • Gen 47:14
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    14 And all the money in Egypt and in the land of Canaan which had been given for grain, came into the hands of Joseph: and he put it in Pharaoh's house.

  • Gen 41:4
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    4 And the seven thin cows made a meal of the seven fat cows. Then Pharaoh came out of his sleep.

  • Gen 45:11
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    11 And there I will take care of you, so that you and your family may not be in need, for there are still five bad years to come.

  • Exod 18:21
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    21 But for the rest, take from among the people able men, such as have the fear of God, true men hating profits wrongly made; and put such men over them, to be captains of thousands, captains of hundreds and of fifties and of tens;