Genesis 47:18

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

When that year was ended, they came unto him the second year, and said unto him, We will not hide it from my lord, how that our money is spent; my lord also hath our herds of cattle; there is not ought left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands:

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Kgs 6:26 : 26 And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him, saying, Help, my lord, O king.
  • Jer 38:9 : 9 My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to emiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon; and he is like to die for hunger in the place where he is: for there is no more bread in the city.

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  • Gen 47:19-20
    2 verses
    83%

    19 Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh: and give us seed, that we may live, and not die, that the land be not desolate.

    20 And Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for the Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine prevailed over them: so the land became Pharaoh's.

  • Gen 47:13-17
    5 verses
    80%

    13 And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very sore, so that the land of Egypt and all the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine.

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

    15 And when money failed in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto Joseph, and said, Give us bread: for why should we die in thy presence? for the money faileth.

    16 And Joseph said, Give your cattle; and I will give you for your cattle, if money fail.

    17 And they brought their cattle unto Joseph: and Joseph gave them bread in exchan for horses, and for the flocks, and for the cattle of the herds, and for the asses: and he fed them with bread for all their cattle for that year.

  • Gen 47:3-4
    2 verses
    77%

    3 And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What is your occupation? And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both we, and also our fathers.

    4 They said moreover unto Pharaoh, For to sojourn in the land are we come; for thy servants have no pasture for their flocks; for the famine is sore in the land of Canaan: now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen.

  • Gen 44:7-8
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    76%

    7 And they said unto him, Wherefore saith my lord these words? God forbid that thy servants should do according to this thing:

    8 Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks' mouths, we brought again unto thee out of the land of Canaan: how then should we steal out of thy lord's house silver or gold?

  • 18 And the men were afraid, because they were brought into Joseph's house; and they said, Because of the money that was returned in our sacks at the first time are we brought in; that he may seek occasion against us, and fall upon us, and take us for bondmen, and our asses.

  • 20 And said, O sir, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food:

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

  • 10 And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy servants come.

  • 1 Then Joseph came and told Pharaoh, and said, My father and my brethren, and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have, are come out of the land of Canaan; and, behold, they are in the land of Goshen.

  • Gen 43:1-2
    2 verses
    74%

    1 And the famine was sore in the land.

    2 And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food.

  • 2 And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt: t you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die.

  • 33 And the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye are true men; leave one of your brethren here with me, and take food for the famine of your households, and be gone:

  • 36 And that food shall be for 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.

  • 32 And the men are shepherds, for their trade hath been to feed cattle; and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have.

  • 15 Are we not counted of him stranrs? for he hath sold us, and hath quite devoured also our money.

  • Gen 41:54-57
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    73%

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

    55 And 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.

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

    57 And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn; because that the famine was so sore in all lands.

  • 1 And he commanded the steward of his house, saying, Fill the men's sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put every man's money in his sack's mouth.

  • 22 And other money have we brought down in our hands to buy food: we cannot tell who put our money in our sacks.

  • 13 And they said, Thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the younst is this day with our father, and one is not.

  • 17 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto thy brethren, This do ye; lade your beasts, and go, t you unto the land of Canaan;

  • 6 For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and yet there are five years, in the which there shall neither be earing nor harvest.

  • 30 And 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;

  • 23 Then Joseph said unto the people, Behold, I have bought you this day and your land for Pharaoh: lo, here is seed for you, and ye shall sow the land.

  • Gen 42:5-6
    2 verses
    73%

    5 And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.

    6 And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph's brethren came, and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth.

  • 24 And it came to pass when we came up unto thy servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.

  • 25 Then Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with corn, and to restore every man's money into his sack, and to give them provision for the way: and thus did he unto them.

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

  • 18 And his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and they said, Behold, we be thy servants.