When that year was over, they came to him the next year and said to him,“We cannot hide from our lord that the money is used up and the livestock and the animals belong to our lord. Nothing remains before our lord except our bodies and our land.
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19Why should we die before your very eyes, both we and our land? Buy us and our land in exchange for food, and we, with our land, will become Pharaoh’s slaves. Give us seed that we may live and not die. Then the land will not become desolate.”
20So Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh. Each of the Egyptians sold his field, for the famine was severe. So the land became Pharaoh’s.
13But there was no food in all the land because the famine was very severe; the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan wasted away because of the famine.
14Joseph collected all the money that could be found in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan as payment for the grain they were buying. Then Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh’s palace.
15When the money from the lands of Egypt and Canaan was used up, all the Egyptians came to Joseph and said,“Give us food! Why should we die before your very eyes because our money has run out?”
16Then Joseph said,“If your money is gone, bring your livestock, and I will give you food in exchange for your livestock.”
17So they brought their livestock to Joseph, and Joseph gave them food in exchange for their horses, the livestock of their flocks and herds, and their donkeys. He got them through that year by giving them food in exchange for all their livestock.
3Pharaoh said to Joseph’s brothers,“What is your occupation?” They said to Pharaoh,“Your servants take care of flocks, just as our ancestors did.”
4Then they said to Pharaoh,“We have come to live as temporary residents in the land. There is no pasture for your servants’ flocks because the famine is severe in the land of Canaan. So now, please let your servants live in the land of Goshen.”
7They answered him,“Why does my lord say such things? Far be it from your servants to do such a thing!
8Look, the money that we found in the mouths of our sacks we brought back to you from the land of Canaan. Why then would we steal silver or gold from your master’s house?
18But the men were afraid when they were brought to Joseph’s house. They said,“We are being brought in because of the money that was returned in our sacks last time. He wants to capture us, make us slaves, and take our donkeys!”
20They said,“My lord, we did indeed come down the first time to buy food.
25They replied,“You have saved our lives! You are showing us favor, and we will be Pharaoh’s slaves.”
10But they exclaimed,“No, my lord! Your servants have come to buy grain for food!
1Joseph’s Wise Administration Joseph went and told Pharaoh,“My father, my brothers, their flocks and herds, and all that they own have arrived from the land of Canaan. They are now in the land of Goshen.”
1The Second Journey to Egypt Now the famine was severe in the land.
2When they finished eating the grain they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them,“Return, buy us a little more food.”
2He then said,“Look, I hear that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy grain for us so that we may live and not die.”
33“Then the man, the lord of the land, said to us,‘This is how I will find out if you are honest men. Leave one of your brothers with me, and take grain for your hungry households and go.
36This food should be held in storage for the land in preparation for the seven years of famine that will occur throughout the land of Egypt. In this way the land will survive the famine.”
32The men are shepherds; they take care of livestock. They have brought their flocks and their herds and all that they have.’
15Hasn’t he treated us like foreigners? He not only sold us, but completely wasted the money paid for us!
54Then the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had predicted. There was famine in all the other lands, but throughout the land of Egypt there was food.
55When all the land of Egypt experienced the famine, the people cried out to Pharaoh for food. Pharaoh said to all the people of Egypt,“Go to Joseph and do whatever he tells you.”
56While the famine was over all the earth, Joseph opened the storehouses and sold grain to the Egyptians. The famine was severe throughout the land of Egypt.
57People from every country came to Joseph in Egypt to buy grain because the famine was severe throughout the earth.
1The Final Test He instructed the servant who was over his household,“Fill the sacks of the men with as much food as they can carry and put each man’s money in the mouth of his sack.
22We have brought additional money with us to buy food. We do not know who put the money in our sacks!”
13They replied,“Your servants are from a family of twelve brothers. We are the sons of one man in the land of Canaan. The youngest is with our father at this time, and one is no longer alive.”
17Pharaoh said to Joseph,“Say to your brothers,‘Do this: Load your animals and go to the land of Canaan!
6For these past two years there has been famine in the land and for five more years there will be neither plowing nor harvesting.
30But seven years of famine will occur after them, and all the abundance will be forgotten in the land of Egypt. The famine will devastate the land.
23Joseph said to the people,“Since I have bought you and your land today for Pharaoh, here is seed for you. Cultivate the land.
5So Israel’s sons came to buy grain among the other travelers, for the famine was severe in the land of Canaan.
6Now Joseph was the ruler of the country, the one who sold grain to all the people of the country. Joseph’s brothers came and bowed down before him with their faces to the ground.
24When we returned to your servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.
25Then Joseph gave orders to fill their bags with grain, to return each man’s money to his sack, and to give them provisions for the journey. His orders were carried out.
11I will provide you with food there because there will be five more years of famine. Otherwise you would become poor– you, your household, and everyone who belongs to you.”’
18Then his brothers also came and threw themselves down before him; they said,“Here we are; we are your slaves.”