Genesis 47:16

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Joseph said, 'Bring your livestock, and I will give you food in exchange for them if your money is gone.'

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  • Prov 12:17 : 17 An honest witness tells the truth, but a false witness speaks deceit.
  • Dan 6:5-7 : 5 At this, the administrators and satraps sought to find a charge against Daniel concerning the kingdom, but they could find no charge or fault because he was faithful. No negligence or corruption was found in him. 6 Then these men said, 'We will not find any ground for complaint against this Daniel unless it is connected with the law of his God.' 7 So the administrators and satraps went as a group to the king and said to him, 'King Darius, may you live forever!
  • 1 Cor 10:32 : 32 Do not cause anyone to stumble, whether Jews, Greeks, or the church of God.
  • Phil 4:8 : 8 Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable—if there is any excellence and if there is anything worthy of praise—think about these things.
  • Col 4:5 : 5 Conduct yourselves wisely toward outsiders, making the most of the opportunity.

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  • Gen 47:12-15
    4 verses
    85%

    12Joseph also provided food for his father, his brothers, and all his father’s household according to the number of their children.

    13There was no food in the entire land because the famine was very severe. The land of Egypt and the land of Canaan wasted away under the pressure of the famine.

    14Joseph collected all the money that was found in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan in exchange for the grain they were buying, and he brought the money into Pharaoh’s house.

    15When the money from the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan was gone, all the Egyptians came to Joseph and said, 'Give us food! Why should we die in front of you? For our money is gone.'

  • Gen 47:17-20
    4 verses
    84%

    17So they brought their livestock to Joseph, and he gave them food in exchange for the horses, the flocks of sheep, the herds of cattle, and the donkeys. He provided them with food in exchange for all their livestock that year.

    18When that year was over, they came to him the next year and said, 'We cannot hide from our lord that our money is gone and our livestock has been given to you. There is nothing left for our lord but our bodies and our land.'

    19'Why should we die before your eyes, both we and our land? Buy us and our land in exchange for food, and we will be servants to Pharaoh. Give us seed that we may live and not die, and that the land may not become desolate.'

    20So Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh. The Egyptians sold their fields, because the famine was severe upon them. The land became Pharaoh’s.

  • Gen 42:25
    76%

    25Joseph gave orders to fill their bags with grain, to return each man's silver to his sack, and to give them provisions for their journey. After this was done, they loaded their grain on their donkeys and departed.

  • Gen 45:17-18
    2 verses
    75%

    17Pharaoh said to Joseph, 'Tell your brothers to do this: Load your animals and go back to the land of Canaan.'

    18Then bring your father and your households and come back to me, and I will give you the best of the land of Egypt, and you will eat from the fat of the land.

  • Gen 41:54-57
    4 verses
    75%

    54Then the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had said. There was famine in every land, but in all the land of Egypt there was food.

    55When all Egypt began to feel the famine, the people cried out to Pharaoh for food. Pharaoh told all the Egyptians, 'Go to Joseph and do whatever he tells you.'

    56The famine was severe over the entire land. Joseph opened all the storehouses and sold grain to the Egyptians, for the famine grew more severe throughout Egypt.

    57And people from all the surrounding lands came to Egypt to buy grain from Joseph, because the famine was severe in all the lands.

  • Gen 44:1-2
    2 verses
    75%

    1Joseph instructed the steward of his house, saying, "Fill the men's sacks with as much food as they can carry, and put each man's silver in the opening of his sack."

    2"Then put my silver cup in the opening of the youngest one's sack, along with the silver for his grain." And he did as Joseph had instructed.

  • Gen 42:2
    73%

    2And he said, 'Look, I have heard there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy some for us, so that we may live and not die.'

  • Gen 46:32
    73%

    32The men are shepherds; they tend livestock, and they have brought along their flocks, herds, and everything they own.

  • Gen 47:6
    73%

    6'The land of Egypt is before you. Settle your father and brothers in the best part of the land, in Goshen. And if you know any among them who are capable men, appoint them as overseers of my livestock.'

  • Gen 47:4
    72%

    4They also said to Pharaoh, 'We have come to sojourn in this land because there is no pasture for your servants’ flocks, for the famine in the land of Canaan is severe. Please allow your servants to settle in the region of Goshen.'

  • Gen 47:23
    72%

    23Then Joseph said to the people, 'Now that I have bought you and your land for Pharaoh, here is seed for you to sow in the land.'

  • Gen 45:10-11
    2 verses
    72%

    10You shall dwell in the land of Goshen and be near me—you, your children, your grandchildren, your flocks, your herds, and everything you have.

    11I will provide for you there, because there are still five years of famine to come, so that neither you, your household, nor anything that belongs to you will fall into poverty.

  • Gen 41:36
    72%

    36This food will be held in reserve for the land to be used during the seven years of famine that will come upon Egypt, so that the land will not be destroyed by the famine.

  • Gen 31:9
    72%

    9So God has taken away your father’s livestock and given it to me.

  • Gen 30:31
    71%

    31Laban asked, 'What shall I give you?' Jacob replied, 'You shall give me nothing. If you do this one thing for me, I will continue to tend and watch over your flock.'

  • Gen 42:5
    71%

    5So the sons of Israel came to buy grain, along with others who were coming, for the famine was also in the land of Canaan.

  • Gen 43:24
    71%

    24The steward brought the men into Joseph's house, gave them water, and they washed their feet. He also provided fodder for their donkeys.

  • Gen 45:20-21
    2 verses
    71%

    20Do not worry about your belongings, for the best of all the land of Egypt is yours.

    21The sons of Israel did as they were told. Joseph gave them wagons as Pharaoh had commanded and provisions for their journey.

  • Gen 47:1
    71%

    1So Joseph went and told Pharaoh, 'My father, my brothers, their flocks, their herds, and everything they own have come from the land of Canaan, and they are now in the region of Goshen.'

  • Gen 43:2
    71%

    2When they had finished eating the grain they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, “Go back and buy a little more food for us.”